cheval de Troie

\ʃə.val də tʁwa\

/\ʃə.val də tʁwa\/ noun

The verdict

“cheval de Troie” 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 September 3, 2026) - Grand cheval de bois imaginé par Ulysse lors de la guerre de Troie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cheval-de-troie · cheval de Troie · French

cheval de Troie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for cheval de Troie
PropertyValue
Headwordcheval de Troie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃə.val də tʁwa\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cheval de Troie » en français

cheval de Troien'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cheval de Troie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃə.val də tʁwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cheval de Troie, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cheval de Troie, spelled C-H-E-V-A-L- -D-E- -T-R-O-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grand cheval de bois imaginé par Ulysse lors de la guerre de Troie.
  2. 2
    Manœuvre d’infiltration ou de sape, pour circonvenir ou détruire un adversaire.
  3. 3
    Logiciel installé ou téléchargé et au sein duquel a été dissimulé un programme malveillant qui peut par exemple permettre la collecte frauduleuse, la falsification ou la destruction de données.
  4. 4
    Manœuvre du gouvernement fédéral pour agir dans des domaines de compétence provinciale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cheval de Troie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pausanias, par la même raison et par le même mode de raisonnement, déclarait que le cheval de Troie devait avoir été en réalité une machine destinée à battre en brèche, parce que admettre le récit littéral serait imputer aux défenseurs la plus grande simplicité.
  2. L’architecture moderne est le cheval de Troie du bolchevisme.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cheval de Troie"?
"cheval de Troie" is spelled C-H-E-V-A-L- -D-E- -T-R-O-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃə.val də tʁwa\.
What does "cheval de Troie" mean?
As a noun, "cheval de Troie" means: Grand cheval de bois imaginé par Ulysse lors de la guerre de Troie.
How do you pronounce "cheval de Troie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cheval de Troie" is \ʃə.val də tʁwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cheval de Troie" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list