chauvin

Name: chauvin, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ʃo.vɛ̃\

/\ʃo.vɛ̃\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“chauvin” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,727. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,727
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a un patriotisme exalté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chauvin · chauvin · French

chauvin · rank #27,727 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

FREQ-MID #27,727
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH chasteté

Nearest frequency peer: chasteté (-1 rank slots)

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.

chandail

72,278
charleston

72,277
charmantes

72,276
chasteté

72,275
chauvin

72,274
chill

72,273

What this shows « chauvin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chauvin vs chain

71% similar

chauvin vs chauve

71% similar

chauvin vs Calvin

57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chauvin
Property	Value
Headword	chauvin
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\ʃo.vɛ̃\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#27,727
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	9
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chauvin »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chauvinse place ici:

#27,727

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chasteté » (#27,726), « chill » (#27,728), « charmantes » (#27,725). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chauvin » est au #27,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around chauvin (IPA \ʃo.vɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,727 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for chauvin, with forms such as "cahuvin", "cchauvin", and "chauivn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "chain", "chauve", "Calvin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chauvin, spelled C-H-A-U-V-I-N.

Definition

1
Qui a un patriotisme exalté.
2
Qui prône un tel patriotisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Tandis que, pour elle, Bertrand était un froggie vaniteux, ultraséduisant et chauvin.
ou en rouge, d’un pan de mur à l’autre. Une manière de décliner les couleurs du drapeau, dans ce pays sans patriotisme où tout le monde est chauvin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cahuvin
cchauvin
chauivn
chauvinn
chauvni
chauvvin
chavuin
chhauvin
chuavin
hcauvin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chauvin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "chauvin"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chauvin"?

"chauvin" is spelled C-H-A-U-V-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃo.vɛ̃\.

What does "chauvin" mean?

As an adjective, "chauvin" means: Qui a un patriotisme exalté.

What words are commonly confused with "chauvin"?

"chauvin" is commonly confused with "chain", "chauve", "Calvin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "chauvin"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chauvin" is \ʃo.vɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "chauvin" come from?

"chauvin" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chauvin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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