chevreuil

\ʃə.vʁœj\

/\ʃə.vʁœj\/ noun

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The verdict

“chevreuil” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,366. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,366
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Une des espèces de cervidés, plus petits que les cerfs et dont la tête ressemble un peu à celle des chèvres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chevreuil · chevreuil · French

chevreuil · rank #27,366 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,366
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chevalerie

Nearest frequency peer: chevalerie (-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 « chevreuil »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chevreuil » 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).

chevreuil vs chevreuse
78% similar
chevreuil vs chevreuils
90% similar

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

Key facts for chevreuil
PropertyValue
Headwordchevreuil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃə.vʁœj\
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,366
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chevreuil »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chevreuilse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chevalerie » (#27,365), « chiche » (#27,367), « CFC » (#27,364). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chevreuil » est au #27,366. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around chevreuil (IPA \ʃə.vʁœj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,366 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for chevreuil, with forms such as "cchevreuil", "cehvreuil", and "cherveuil". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "chevreuse", "chevreuils", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 chevreuil, spelled C-H-E-V-R-E-U-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Une des espèces de cervidés, plus petits que les cerfs et dont la tête ressemble un peu à celle des chèvres.
  2. 2
    Viande de cet animal.
  3. 3
    Espèce de cervidés aussi connue sous le nom de cerf de Virginie, de nom scientifique Odocoileus virginianus
  4. 4
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il se blasonne comme le cerf dont il se distingue par le fait qu'il ne porte que 2 cors et non une ramure. À rapprocher de biche, cerf, daim et élan.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Faon de chevreuil.
  2. Une observation minutieuse permet de constater que le chevreuil, particulièrement délicat, préfère les semis les plus grêles et dédaigne les dards vigoureux qui sont peut-être moins tendres.

Synonyms

cerf de Virginie

This word in other languages

roe(English)corzo(Español)Reh(Deutsch)corço(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchevreuil
  • cehvreuil
  • cherveuil
  • cheveruil
  • chevreiul
  • chevreuill
  • chevreuli
  • chevrreuil
  • chevrueil
  • chevvreuil
  • chhevreuil
  • chvereuil
  • hcevreuil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chevreuil - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cchevreuil1cehvreuil2cherveuil2cheveruil2chevreiul2chevreuill1chevreuli2chevrreuil1
Edit distance from "chevreuil"

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 "chevreuil"?
"chevreuil" is spelled C-H-E-V-R-E-U-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃə.vʁœj\.
What does "chevreuil" mean?
As a noun, "chevreuil" means: Une des espèces de cervidés, plus petits que les cerfs et dont la tête ressemble un peu à celle des chèvres.
What words are commonly confused with "chevreuil"?
"chevreuil" is commonly confused with "chevreuse", "chevreuils". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chevreuil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chevreuil" is \ʃə.vʁœj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chevreuil" come from?
"chevreuil" 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 "chevreuil", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

cercueils#27,361confluent#27,379continuum#27,382boomerang#27,344

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

cordonnier13 variantsdémentir13 variantsaménagées13 variantsembryons13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list