# chevron

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʃɛvɹən/ · frequency rank #20,310

## Definitions
1. A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
2. A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
3. One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
4. A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””.
5. An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol.
6. A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.
7. A wedge-shaped sediment deposit observed on coastlines and continental interiors around the world.
8. Synonym of arrowhead (“horse jump obstacle”).

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kápros
Proto-Italic *kapros
Latin caper
Latin *capreus
Vulgar Latin *capriō
Old French chevronbor.
Middle English cheveroun
English chevron
From Middle English cheveroun, from Old French chevron, the mark so called because it looks like rafters of a shallow roof, from Vulgar Latin *capriō, from Latin caper (“goat”), the likely connection between goats and rafters being the animal's horns.

## Easily confused with
- **Chiron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chevron-vs-chiron)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cchevron`, `cehvron`, `chervon`, `chevorn`, `chevrno`, `chevronn`, `chevrron`, `chevvron`, `chhevron`, `chveron`, `hcevron`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chevron