cheval
/ʃɛˈvɑl/noun
cheval is spelled C-H-E-V-A-L: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cheval means “Ellipsis of cheval glass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cheval is chevaux.
How many letters and syllables are in cheval?
| Letters | 6: C-H-E-V-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cheval?
Cheval appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cheval?
- /ʃɛˈvɑl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-cheval.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cheval?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cheval.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: chavel.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cheval
- chevaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cheval mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA support or frame.
cheval-glass
- 2
Ellipsis of cheval glass.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cheval come from?
Borrowed from French cheval. See cavalcade. Doublet of caple.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).