à chevauchons
\a ʃə.vo.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“à chevauchons” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À califourchon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-chevauchons · à chevauchons · French
à chevauchons · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" 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 | à chevauchons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a ʃə.vo.ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à chevauchons » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à chevauchons is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a ʃə.vo.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À califourchon.".
à chevauchons doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is à chevauchons, spelled À- -C-H-E-V-A-U-C-H-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1À califourchon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how à chevauchons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces gens qui se logent à chevauchons sur l'épicycle de Mercure , il me semble qu'ils m'arrachent les dens.
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.