chaloir

\ʃa.lwaʁ\

/\ʃa.lwaʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“chaloir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Importer, dans le sens d’être important ; faire attention.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chaloir · chaloir · French

chaloir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" 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.

Key facts for chaloir
PropertyValue
Headwordchaloir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃa.lwaʁ\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chaloir » en français

chaloirn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chaloir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃa.lwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Importer, dans le sens d’être important ; faire attention.".

chaloir has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chaloir, spelled C-H-A-L-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Importer, dans le sens d’être important ; faire attention.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chaloir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. J’écris ces mémoires en pleine vie, ainsi que du fond du tombeau. Je ne veux ni flatter, ni dénigrer. Peu me chaut de plaire ou de déplaire.
  2. Je vivais pour mes enfants, ne faisant aucune visite et me soustrayant aux réunions en nombre où il m'eût été possible, chacun s'exprimant alors comme il lui chaut, de saisir les divers aspects de mon mari en tant qu'homme mêlé à d'autres hommes, […].

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chaloir"?
"chaloir" is spelled C-H-A-L-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.lwaʁ\.
What does "chaloir" mean?
As a verb, "chaloir" means: Importer, dans le sens d’être important ; faire attention.
How do you pronounce "chaloir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chaloir" is \ʃa.lwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chaloir" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list