shisha
\ʃi.ʃa\
The verdict
“shisha” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de chicha.
Corpus desk
Index FR-shisha · shisha · French
shisha · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shisha |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃi.ʃa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « shisha » en français
Rare enough to double-check
shisha is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃi.ʃa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de chicha.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for shisha, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is shisha, spelled S-H-I-S-H-A.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de chicha.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shisha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les volutes parfumées de la shisha ajoutaient à la magie de l’instant.
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.