cheval à sang froid
\ʃə.va.l‿a sɑ̃ fʁwa\
The verdict
“cheval à sang froid” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Un cheval appartenant à une race grande et lourde majoritairement utilisée pour la traction, l'agriculture, et diverses activités comme le débardage et le bât.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cheval à sang froid |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃə.va.l‿a sɑ̃ fʁwa\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cheval à sang froid” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cheval à sang froid is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃə.va.l‿a sɑ̃ fʁwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un cheval appartenant à une race grande et lourde majoritairement utilisée pour la traction, l'agriculture, et diverses activités comme le débardage et le bât.".
cheval à sang froid doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cheval à sang froid, spelled C-H-E-V-A-L- -À- -S-A-N-G- -F-R-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1Un cheval appartenant à une race grande et lourde majoritairement utilisée pour la traction, l'agriculture, et diverses activités comme le débardage et le bât.
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Using “cheval à sang froid”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-H-E-V-A-L- -À- -S-A-N-G- -F-R-O-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃə.va.l‿a sɑ̃ fʁwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.