cheville ouvrière
\ʃə.vi.j‿u.vʁi.jɛʁ\
The verdict
“cheville ouvrière” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Articulation, pivot central vertical qui lie l’essieu d’une voiture, d’un affût avec la flèche ou avec les brancards.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cheville ouvrière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃə.vi.j‿u.vʁi.jɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cheville ouvrière” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cheville ouvrière is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃə.vi.j‿u.vʁi.jɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for cheville ouvrière in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cheville ouvrière, spelled C-H-E-V-I-L-L-E- -O-U-V-R-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Articulation, pivot central vertical qui lie l’essieu d’une voiture, d’un affût avec la flèche ou avec les brancards.
- 2Élément clé sur lequel repose l’activité d’un ensemble.
- 3Pénis, bite, membre viril.
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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.
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Using “cheville ouvrière”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-E-V-I-L-L-E- -O-U-V-R-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.