wushu
\wu.ʃu\
The verdict
“wushu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art martial chinois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wushu · wushu · French
wushu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | wushu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wu.ʃu\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « wushu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
wushu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \wu.ʃu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Art martial chinois.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wushu, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is wushu, spelled W-U-S-H-U.
Definition
- 1Art martial chinois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wushu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À chaque séance, ce sont entre 15 et 25 personnes qui assistent au cours prodigué par Christiane Borlon, professeur de qi gong, qui perpétue l’enseignement de Maître Jian LiuJun, professeur de Wushu 7ᵉ Dan, docteur en médecine traditionnelle chinoise, cardiologue et fondateur de l’institut de Quimetao à Paris.
Synonyms
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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.