chèvre
\ʃɛvʁ\
The verdict
“chèvre” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #8,214 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,214
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genre de mammifère de l’ordre des ruminants, à cornes creuses et persistantes et à menton garni d’une barbe.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chèvre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛvʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chèvre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chèvre is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃɛvʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,214 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for chèvre, with forms such as "cchèvre", "chevre", and "chhèvre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crevé", "couvre", "cuivre", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chèvre, spelled C-H-È-V-R-E.
Definition
- 1Genre de mammifère de l’ordre des ruminants, à cornes creuses et persistantes et à menton garni d’une barbe.
- 2La femelle de ce mammifère, qui a pour mâle le bouc.
- 3Action de jouer à arrocher ou à lapider une chèvre.
- 4Dispositif propre à élever des fardeaux, des poutres ou sur lequel on appuie quelque chose. → voir grue d’atelier
- 5Outil composé de deux croix de Saint-André, sur lesquelles on pose des morceaux de bois pour les scier. → voir chevalet à bois
- 6Table à trois pieds pour faire des fromages.
- 7Officier ou un agent envoyé volontairement à un service de renseignement pour être recruté comme agent double.
- 8Huitième signe astrologique chinois. → voir Bélimouchèvre, chèvre d’eau, chèvre de bois, chèvre de feu, chèvre de terre et chèvre de métal
- 9Dispositif qui sert à maintenir la fusée d’un moulin à soie.
- 10Pieux sur lesquels on pose les filets.
- 11Bon à rien.
- 12Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Elle se blasonne comme le bouc dont elle se distingue par les cornes et n’a pas de vilénie voire par l’ajout de pis dans les représentations moins stylisées. À rapprocher de bouc, bouquetin, chamois et mouflon.
- 13Boisson alcoolisée mousseuse obtenue par fermentation sous pression de jus de pomme ou de raisin.
- 14Surnom donné à l'insecte appelé hydromètre.
- 15Meuble qui permet de suspendre des affiches et objets.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchèvre,chevre,chhèvre,chvère,chèrve,chèver,chèvrre,chèvvre,cèhvre,hcèvre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chèvre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “chèvre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-È-V-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃɛvʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “crevé” - see the side-by-side comparison. chèvre vs crevé
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
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.