chevalerie

\ʃə.val.ʁi\

/\ʃə.val.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“chevalerie” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,365. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,365
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chevalerie · chevalerie · French

chevalerie · rank #27,365 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #27,365
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH CFC

Nearest frequency peer: CFC (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « chevalerie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « chevalerie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chevalerie vs cavalerie
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chevalerie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chevaleriese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « CFC » (#27,364), « chevreuil » (#27,366), « chiche » (#27,367). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chevalerie » est au #27,365. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around chevalerie (IPA \ʃə.val.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,365 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for chevalerie, with forms such as "cchevalerie", "cehvalerie", and "cheavlerie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cavalerie", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chevalerie, spelled C-H-E-V-A-L-E-R-I-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au XIVᵉ siècle, […], l’idéal de la chevalerie décheoit et se dégrade; enfin, cette chevalerie artificielle, toute de souvenirs et d’imitations, dont l’ombre subsiste encore, reçoit un reste de vie dans la narration animée, mais diffuse et trop vantée, de Froissart.
  2. Le comte Karl était un de ces types de la vieille chevalerie qui commençaient déjà à disparaître au XVᵉ siècle, et que Froissard décrit avec tout l’amour que porte l’antiquaire à un débris des temps passés.

This word in other languages

chivalry(English)caballería(Español)Ritterlichkeit(Deutsch)cavalaria(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchevalerie
  • cehvalerie
  • cheavlerie
  • chevaelrie
  • chevaleire
  • chevalerei
  • chevalerrie
  • chevallerie
  • chevalreie
  • chevlaerie
  • chevvalerie
  • chhevalerie
  • chvealerie
  • hcevalerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chevalerie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cchevalerie1cehvalerie2cheavlerie2chevaelrie2chevaleire2chevalerei2chevalerrie1chevallerie1
Edit distance from "chevalerie"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chevalerie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

citrouille#27,372caritative#27,357cantonales#27,356colocation#27,376

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

confluent14 variantsdesservant14 variantsautocollant14 variantsdéploient14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list