chat-tigre
\ʃa.tiɡʁ\
The verdict
“chat-tigre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom donné à certaines espèces de félins, des chats sauvages tachés.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chat-tigre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.tiɡʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chat-tigre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chat-tigre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.tiɡʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
chat-tigre has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 chat-tigre, spelled C-H-A-T---T-I-G-R-E.
Definition
- 1Nom donné à certaines espèces de félins, des chats sauvages tachés.
- 2Synonyme d'oncille (carnivore félin).
- 3Synonyme de margay (carnivore félin).
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.
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Using “chat-tigre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-T---T-I-G-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃa.tiɡʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.