chavel
/ˈt͡ʃævəl/
"chavel" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chavel” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The jaw, especially of an animal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chavel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃævəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chavel” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for chavel is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈt͡ʃævəl/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The jaw, especially of an animal.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chavel, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English chavel (also chawl, jawle, jawe), from Old English ċeafl (“a bill, beak, snout, jaw, jaw-bone, cheek, cheek-bone”), from Proto-West Germanic *kafl, from Proto-Germanic *kaflaz (“jaw”). Doublet of jowl; see there for more. The correct English form is chavel, spelled C-H-A-V-E-L.
Definition
- 1The jaw, especially of an animal.
Etymology
From Middle English chavel (also chawl, jawle, jawe), from Old English ċeafl (“a bill, beak, snout, jaw, jaw-bone, cheek, cheek-bone”), from Proto-West Germanic *kafl, from Proto-Germanic *kaflaz (“jaw”). Doublet of jowl; see there for more.
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 “chavel”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-H-A-V-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.