chevalin
\ʃə.va.lɛ̃\
The verdict
“chevalin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tient du cheval ; qui appartient au cheval.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chevalin · chevalin · French
chevalin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | chevalin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃə.va.lɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chevalin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃə.va.lɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chevalin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 chevalin, spelled C-H-E-V-A-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Qui tient du cheval ; qui appartient au cheval.
- 2Qui rappelle les traits d’un cheval.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chevalin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’est pas de question zootechnique qui ait été plus débattue, plus controversée que celle de l’amélioration des races chevalines.
L’industrie chevaline et mulassière faisant partie de l’une des branches les plus importantes de la fortune agricole de la France, donne par cela même une très grande activité aux transactions ; […].
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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.