shitaké
\ʃi.ta.ke\
The verdict
“shitaké” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de lentin du chêne (espèce de champignons).
Corpus desk
Index FR-shitake · shitaké · French
shitaké · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | shitaké |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃi.ta.ke\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « shitaké » en français
Rare enough to double-check
shitaké is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃi.ta.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de lentin du chêne (espèce de champignons).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for shitaké, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is shitaké, spelled S-H-I-T-A-K-É.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de lentin du chêne (espèce de champignons).
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.