cavalier servant
\ka.va.lje sɛʁ.vɑ̃\
The verdict
“cavalier servant” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Homme qui entoure une dame d’hommages et de soins attentifs et constants.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cavalier servant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.va.lje sɛʁ.vɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cavalier servant” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cavalier servant is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.va.lje sɛʁ.vɑ̃\. 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: "Homme qui entoure une dame d’hommages et de soins attentifs et constants.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cavalier servant in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 cavalier servant, spelled C-A-V-A-L-I-E-R- -S-E-R-V-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Homme qui entoure une dame d’hommages et de soins attentifs et constants.
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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 “cavalier servant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-V-A-L-I-E-R- -S-E-R-V-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.va.lje sɛʁ.vɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.