chevauchement

\ʃə.vɔʃ.mɑ̃\

/\ʃə.vɔʃ.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“chevauchement” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,062. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,062
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-chevauchement · chevauchement · French

chevauchement · rank #46,062 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #46,062
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chauvinisme

Nearest frequency peer: chauvinisme (-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 « chevauchement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chevauchement » 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).

chevauchement vs chevauchent
85% similar

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

Key facts for chevauchement
PropertyValue
Headwordchevauchement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃə.vɔʃ.mɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#46,062
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chevauchement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).chevauchementse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chauvinisme » (#46,061), « chlorophylle » (#46,063), « charnier » (#46,060). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chevauchement » est au #46,062. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around chevauchement (IPA \ʃə.vɔʃ.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,062 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for chevauchement, with forms such as "cchevauchement", "cehvauchement", and "cheavuchement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "chevauchent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chevauchement, spelled C-H-E-V-A-U-C-H-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de chevaucher.
  2. 2
    Déplacement des fragments d’un os fracturé.
  3. 3
    Disposition des feuilles chevauchantes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sous l’influence des courants, des vents, et des variations de température, de formidables pressions se produisent ; le soulèvement et le chevauchement de la glace donnent naissance à des monticules ou « hummocks » qui se présentent en lignes perpendiculaires au sens de pression.
  2. La condition inhumaine qui est la nôtre aujourd’hui est celle de l’homme, de la femme, de l’enfant qui doivent se redéfinir, accepter que leur état, leur être, leur essence ne sont possibles que par le chevauchement entre le mammifère bipède qu’ils sont et les outils, machines et technologies qui les entourent […]

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchevauchement
  • cehvauchement
  • cheavuchement
  • chevacuhement
  • chevaucchement
  • chevaucehment
  • chevaucheemnt
  • chevauchemennt
  • chevauchementt
  • chevauchemetn
  • chevauchemment
  • chevauchemnet
  • chevauchhement
  • chevauchmeent
  • chevauhcement
  • chevuachement
  • chevvauchement
  • chhevauchement
  • chveauchement
  • hcevauchement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chevauchement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cchevauchement1cehvauchement2cheavuchement2chevacuhement2chevaucchement1chevaucehment2chevaucheemnt2chevauchemennt1
Edit distance from "chevauchement"

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 "chevauchement"?
"chevauchement" is spelled C-H-E-V-A-U-C-H-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃə.vɔʃ.mɑ̃\.
What does "chevauchement" mean?
As a noun, "chevauchement" means: Action de chevaucher.
What words are commonly confused with "chevauchement"?
"chevauchement" is commonly confused with "chevauchent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chevauchement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chevauchement" is \ʃə.vɔʃ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chevauchement" come from?
"chevauchement" 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 "chevauchement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list