salade de chou
\sa.lad də ʃu\
The verdict
“salade de chou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Coleslaw.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salade de chou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.lad də ʃu\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salade de chou” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
salade de chou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.lad də ʃu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Coleslaw.".
salade de chou doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is salade de chou, spelled S-A-L-A-D-E- -D-E- -C-H-O-U.
Definition
- 1Coleslaw.
Synonyms
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 “salade de chou”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-L-A-D-E- -D-E- -C-H-O-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sa.lad də ʃu\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.