pois chiche
\pwɑ ʃiʃ\
The verdict
“pois chiche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plante (Cicer arietinum) de la famille des Fabacées (ou Légumineuses), du genre des vesces, mais voisine du pois pour son usage culinaire et cultivée en zone méditerranéenne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pois chiche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwɑ ʃiʃ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pois chiche” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pois chiche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwɑ ʃiʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
pois chiche has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pois chiche, spelled P-O-I-S- -C-H-I-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Plante (Cicer arietinum) de la famille des Fabacées (ou Légumineuses), du genre des vesces, mais voisine du pois pour son usage culinaire et cultivée en zone méditerranéenne.
- 2Graine de cette plante, utilisée comme aliment.
- 3Tout objet de petite taille.
- 4Verrue.
- 5Personnage à qui on donne la réputation d’avoir le cerveau gros comme un pois chiche.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pois chiche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-I-S- -C-H-I-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pwɑ ʃiʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.