cavaliers

/\ka.va.lje\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,793

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

cavaliers is anFrenchadj. It means: Masculin pluriel de cavalier. Pronounced \ka.va.lje\. It ranks #9,793 in French word frequency. Often confused with chevaliers and cavalier.

Key facts for cavaliers
PropertyValue
Headwordcavaliers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ka.va.lje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,793
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cavaliers in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cavaliers is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.va.lje\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,793 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Masculin pluriel de cavalier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for cavaliers, with forms such as "acvaliers", "caavliers", and "cavailers". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "chevaliers", "cavalier", "cavalière", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cavaliers, spelled C-A-V-A-L-I-E-R-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de cavalier.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acvaliers,caavliers,cavailers,cavaleirs,cavalierrs,cavalierss,cavaliesr,cavalires,cavalliers,cavlaiers,cavvaliers,ccavaliers,cvaaliers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cavaliers

Misspelling Variants of "cavaliers"

acvaliers9caavliers9cavailers9cavaleirs9cavalierrs10cavalierss10cavaliesr9cavalires9
Misspelling Variants of "cavaliers"

Frequency rank: #9,793 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cavaliers"?
"cavaliers" is spelled C-A-V-A-L-I-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.va.lje\.
What does "cavaliers" mean?
As an adj, "cavaliers" means: Masculin pluriel de cavalier.
What words are commonly confused with "cavaliers"?
"cavaliers" is commonly confused with "chevaliers", "cavalier", "cavalière". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cavaliers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cavaliers" is \ka.va.lje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cavaliers" come from?
"cavaliers" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.