chevalerie

/\ʃə.val.ʁi\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,365

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

chevalerie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Institution militaire et religieuse du Moyen Âge qui imposait à ses membres la bravoure, la loyauté, la protection des faibles et la courtoisie envers les dames. Pronounced \ʃə.val.ʁi\. Often confused with cavalerie.

Key facts for chevalerie
PropertyValue
Headwordchevalerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃə.val.ʁi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#27,365
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chevalerie in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for chevalerie is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃə.val.ʁi\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,365 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for chevalerie, with forms such as "cchevalerie", "cehvalerie", and "cheavlerie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cavalerie", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is chevalerie, spelled C-H-E-V-A-L-E-R-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Institution militaire et religieuse du Moyen Âge qui imposait à ses membres la bravoure, la loyauté, la protection des faibles et la courtoisie envers les dames.
  2. 2
    Ordre militaire et religieux où l’on faisait profession de porter un certain habit, de prendre les armes contre les infidèles, etc.
  3. 3
    Grade, qualité de chevalier.
  4. 4
    Nom donné à l'organisation de travailleurs des Chevaliers du travail, créé vers 1860 aux États-Unis.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchevalerie,cehvalerie,cheavlerie,chevaelrie,chevaleire,chevalerei,chevalerrie,chevallerie,chevalreie,chevlaerie,chevvalerie,chhevalerie,chvealerie,hcevalerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chevalerie

Misspelling Variants of "chevalerie"

cchevalerie11cehvalerie10cheavlerie10chevaelrie10chevaleire10chevalerei10chevalerrie11chevallerie11
Misspelling Variants of "chevalerie"

Frequency rank: #27,365 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chevalerie"?
"chevalerie" is spelled C-H-E-V-A-L-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃə.val.ʁi\.
What does "chevalerie" mean?
As a noun, "chevalerie" means: Institution militaire et religieuse du Moyen Âge qui imposait à ses membres la bravoure, la loyauté, la protection des faibles et la courtoisie envers les dames.
What words are commonly confused with "chevalerie"?
"chevalerie" is commonly confused with "cavalerie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chevalerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chevalerie" is \ʃə.val.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chevalerie" come from?
"chevalerie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: 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.