chevaleresse
\ʃə.va.l(ə).ʁɛs\
The verdict
“chevaleresse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui avait reçu l’ordre de la chevalerie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chevaleresse · chevaleresse · French
chevaleresse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | chevaleresse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃə.va.l(ə).ʁɛs\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chevaleresse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chevaleresse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃə.va.l(ə).ʁɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chevaleresse, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chevaleresse, spelled C-H-E-V-A-L-E-R-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui avait reçu l’ordre de la chevalerie.
- 2Épouse d’un chevalier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chevaleresse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
puis, ayant fait passer sur une nef particulière, et qui était connue pour sa marche rapide, toutes les comtesses, baronnesses, chevaleresses et bourgeoises de Londres qui allaient rejoindre la reine à Gand, il leur donna une garde de trois cents hommes d’armes et de cinq cents archers
Sophie Cassagnes-Brouquet, dans son ouvrage Chevaleresses, redonne vie à d’autres guerrières aussi réelles que Jeanne d’Arc. Bien que ses collègues historiens lui aient assuré qu’il n’en existait pas, l’historienne exhume des textes prouvant le contraire, qu’elle découvre aussi bien en France qu’ailleurs en Europe : « La plupart sont d’origine aristocrati…
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.