chaise roulante
\ʃɛz ʁu.lɑ̃t\
The verdict
“chaise roulante” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fauteuil roulant. Matériel destiné au déplacement des personnes à mobilité réduite ou paralysées.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chaise roulante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛz ʁu.lɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chaise roulante” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chaise roulante is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɛz ʁu.lɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chaise roulante, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chaise roulante, spelled C-H-A-I-S-E- -R-O-U-L-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Fauteuil roulant. Matériel destiné au déplacement des personnes à mobilité réduite ou paralysées.
- 2Moyen de transport.
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 “chaise roulante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-I-S-E- -R-O-U-L-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃɛz ʁu.lɑ̃t\ (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.