cheval de frise
\ʃə.val də fʁiz\
The verdict
“cheval de frise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aidé par le capitaine, il fit abattre une énorme quantité d’arbres afin de former un solide retranchement hérissé de chevaux de frise. — (Gustave Aimard, Les Trappeurs de l’Arkansas, Éditions Amyot...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cheval de frise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃə.val də fʁiz\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cheval de frise” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cheval de frise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃə.val də fʁiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cheval de frise, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cheval de frise, spelled C-H-E-V-A-L- -D-E- -F-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Aidé par le capitaine, il fit abattre une énorme quantité d’arbres afin de former un solide retranchement hérissé de chevaux de frise. — (Gustave Aimard, Les Trappeurs de l’Arkansas, Éditions Amyot, Paris, 1858)
- 2Grosse pièce de bois ou de métal, hérissée de pointes, pour faire barrage.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “cheval de frise”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-H-E-V-A-L- -D-E- -F-R-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃə.val də fʁiz\ (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.