cheval d’arçon
\ʃə.val d‿aʁ.sɔ̃\
The verdict
“cheval d’arçon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agrès servant à des exercices de voltige composé d’un cylindre en cuir posé sur quatre pieds et muni de deux poignets.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cheval-d-arcon · cheval d’arçon · French
cheval d’arçon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | cheval d’arçon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃə.val d‿aʁ.sɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cheval d’arçon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃə.val d‿aʁ.sɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Agrès servant à des exercices de voltige composé d’un cylindre en cuir posé sur quatre pieds et muni de deux poignets.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cheval d’arçon, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cheval d’arçon, spelled C-H-E-V-A-L- -D-’-A-R-Ç-O-N.
Definition
- 1Agrès servant à des exercices de voltige composé d’un cylindre en cuir posé sur quatre pieds et muni de deux poignets.
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