chavirage
\ʃa.vi.ʁaʒ\
The verdict
“chavirage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de faire chavirer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chavirage · chavirage · French
chavirage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chavirage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.vi.ʁaʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chavirage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chavirage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.vi.ʁaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de faire chavirer.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chavirage, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 chavirage, spelled C-H-A-V-I-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de faire chavirer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chavirage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le canot de sauvetage de la société de Brême a été soumis à l'épreuve du chavirage, et s’est relevé avec rapidité.
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.