shish taouk

\ʃiʃ ta.uk\

/\ʃiʃ ta.uk\/ noun

The verdict

“shish taouk” 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 September 3, 2026) - Shawarma.

Corpus desk

Index FR-shish-taouk · shish taouk · French

shish taouk · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for shish taouk
PropertyValue
Headwordshish taouk
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃiʃ ta.uk\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « shish taouk » en français

shish taouksiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shish taouk is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃiʃ ta.uk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Shawarma.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for shish taouk, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is shish taouk, spelled S-H-I-S-H- -T-A-O-U-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Shawarma.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shish taouk"?
"shish taouk" is spelled S-H-I-S-H- -T-A-O-U-K. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃiʃ ta.uk\.
What does "shish taouk" mean?
As a noun, "shish taouk" means: Shawarma.
How do you pronounce "shish taouk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shish taouk" is \ʃiʃ ta.uk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shish taouk" come from?
"shish taouk" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list