chenillon
\ʃə.ni.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“chenillon” 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) - Plante fourragère, genre Scorpiurus L.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chenillon · chenillon · French
chenillon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chenillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃə.ni.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chenillon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chenillon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃə.ni.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plante fourragère, genre Scorpiurus L.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chenillon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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. The correct French form is chenillon, spelled C-H-E-N-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Plante fourragère, genre Scorpiurus L.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chenillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
8. La Serradelle commune est l’Ornithopus sativus, à côté duquel il faut citer comme plantes fourragères les Coronilla varia L., Emerus L., les Râteaux (Biserrula), les Pieds-d’oiseau (Ornithopus), les Fers-à-cheval (Hippocrepis), les Chenillons (Scorpiurus) et les Hachettes (Securigera), tous si remarquables par la forme de leurs fruits. (Voy. pp. 281, 2…
Synonyms
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.