chevalier
/ˌʃɛvəˈlɪɚ/
"chevalier" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chevalier” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,361
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cavalier; knight
Corpus desk
Index EN-chevalier · chevalier · English
chevalier · rank #30,361 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #30,361
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chasm
Nearest frequency peer: chasm (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “chevalier”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Chandigarh
Chandigarh
69,643 corpus weight
- charted
charted
69,642 corpus weight
- chasm
chasm
69,641 corpus weight
- chevalier
chevalier
69,640 corpus weight
- chimpanzee
chimpanzee
69,639 corpus weight
- chisel
chisel
69,638 corpus weight
What this shows “chevalier” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chevalier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌʃɛvəˈlɪɚ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #30,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “chevalier”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around chevalier (IPA /ˌʃɛvəˈlɪɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,361 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for chevalier, with forms such as "cchevalier", "cehvalier", and "cheavlier". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cavalier", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English chivaler or chevaler (also shyvalere while code-switching), from Anglo-Norman chevaler or chivaler, later refashioned after French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of caballero a… The correct English form is chevalier, spelled C-H-E-V-A-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1cavalier; knight
- 2In tarot cards, the card between the valet and the dame.
Etymology
From Middle English chivaler or chevaler (also shyvalere while code-switching), from Anglo-Norman chevaler or chivaler, later refashioned after French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of caballero and cavalier.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchevalier
- cehvalier
- cheavlier
- chevailer
- chevaleir
- chevalierr
- chevalire
- chevallier
- chevlaier
- chevvalier
- chhevalier
- chvealier
- hcevalier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chevalier - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chevalier", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).