chevesne
\ʃə.vɛn\
The verdict
“chevesne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Poisson osseux d’eau douce très fréquent en Europe, aux grosses écailles, à bouche large et au dos généralement foncé (gris-noir).
Corpus desk
Index FR-chevesne · chevesne · French
chevesne · 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 | chevesne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃə.vɛn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chevesne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chevesne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃə.vɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poisson osseux d’eau douce très fréquent en Europe, aux grosses écailles, à bouche large et au dos généralement foncé (gris-noir).".
No misspelling variants are generated for chevesne in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 chevesne, spelled C-H-E-V-E-S-N-E.
Definition
- 1Poisson osseux d’eau douce très fréquent en Europe, aux grosses écailles, à bouche large et au dos généralement foncé (gris-noir).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chevesne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour l'anguille, il se contentait de déposer aux endroits convenables de petits fagots de serments ; mais sa plus grande joie était de prendre à la main les perches et chevesnes, à certains moments de l'année.
« Le temps se lève. À huit heures, je m’en vais à la pêche. Le chevesne au sang. En novembre, le chevesne ne veut plus que du sang. »
This word in other languages
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.