chavirer

/\ʃa.vi.ʁe\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,227

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

chavirer is aFrenchverb. It means: Tourner sens dessus dessous. Pronounced \ʃa.vi.ʁe\. Often confused with clavier and chaire.

Key facts for chavirer
PropertyValue
Headwordchavirer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃa.vi.ʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,227
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chavirer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for chavirer is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃa.vi.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,227 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for chavirer, with forms such as "cahvirer", "cchavirer", and "chaivrer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "clavier", "chaire", "chaires", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is chavirer, spelled C-H-A-V-I-R-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tourner sens dessus dessous.
  2. 2
    Tourner sens dessus dessous.
  3. 3
    Renverser une embarcation et perdre définitivement son équilibre.
  4. 4
    Renverser.
  5. 5
    Basculer, partir en arrière.
  6. 6
    Faire retourner.
  7. 7
    Faire tourner.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahvirer,cchavirer,chaivrer,chavierr,chavirerr,chavirre,chavirrer,chavrier,chavvirer,chhavirer,chvairer,hcavirer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chavirer

Misspelling Variants of "chavirer"

cahvirer8cchavirer9chaivrer8chavierr8chavirerr9chavirre8chavirrer9chavrier8
Misspelling Variants of "chavirer"

Frequency rank: #37,227 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chavirer"?
"chavirer" is spelled C-H-A-V-I-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.vi.ʁe\.
What does "chavirer" mean?
As a verb, "chavirer" means: Tourner sens dessus dessous.
What words are commonly confused with "chavirer"?
"chavirer" is commonly confused with "clavier", "chaire", "chaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chavirer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chavirer" is \ʃa.vi.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chavirer" come from?
"chavirer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.