chevrette

\ʃə.vʁɛt\

/\ʃə.vʁɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“chevrette” is uncommon French (frequency #62,853 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,853
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite chèvre, chevreau femelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chevrette · chevrette · French

chevrette · rank #62,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,853
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chessy

Nearest frequency peer: Chessy (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « chevrette »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chevrette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chevrette
PropertyValue
Headwordchevrette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃə.vʁɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,853
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chevrette » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chevrettetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Chessy » (#62,852), « chiesa » (#62,854), « cheerleader » (#62,851). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chevrette » est au #62,853. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chevrette is uncommon French at frequency #62,853 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃə.vʁɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.

chevrette has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chevrette, spelled C-H-E-V-R-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite chèvre, chevreau femelle.
  2. 2
    Femelle du chevreuil.
  3. 3
    ou (Antilles françaises, Guyane, Océanie française, Vendée), , Nom vulgaire de la crevette (animal crustacé) ; on désigne également du nom de chevrettes d’autres petits arthropodes, notamment les gamarres (genre Gammarus spp.).
  4. 4
    Petit chenet sans branche, trépied.
  5. 5
    Petite machine pour soulever.
  6. 6
    Outil de cirier, de paumier.
  7. 7
    Vaisseau à bec, pour les sirops.
  8. 8
    Petit sac en peau de chèvre.
  9. 9
    Nom vulgaire du lucane.
  10. 10
    Instrument proche de la cornemuse, cabrette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Oui, j’ai vu les chevrettes de la montagne d’Occone ; j’ai entendu les propos des hommes rassasiés de jours ; mais la douceur des chevreaux et la sagesse des vieillards sont moins plaisantes et moins fortes que tes paroles.
  2. Ah ! la brave chevrette, comme elle y allait de bon cœur ! Plus de dix fois, je ne mens pas, Gringoire, elle força le loup à reculer pour reprendre haleine.

Synonyms

chevrelle

This word in other languages

kid(English)chivo(Español)Zicklein(Deutsch)

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 "chevrette"?
"chevrette" is spelled C-H-E-V-R-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃə.vʁɛt\.
What does "chevrette" mean?
As a noun, "chevrette" means: Petite chèvre, chevreau femelle.
How do you pronounce "chevrette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chevrette" is \ʃə.vʁɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chevrette", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cantonaux#62,839cannettes#62,835coercitif#62,872brilliant#62,824

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list