chevreuil

/\ʃə.vʁœj\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,366

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

chevreuil is aFrenchnoun. It means: Une des espèces de cervidés, plus petits que les cerfs et dont la tête ressemble un peu à celle des chèvres. Pronounced \ʃə.vʁœj\. Often confused with chevreuse and chevreuils.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chevreuil in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for chevreuil is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃə.vʁœj\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,366 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for chevreuil, with forms such as "cchevreuil", "cehvreuil", and "cherveuil". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "chevreuse", "chevreuils", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is chevreuil, spelled C-H-E-V-R-E-U-I-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchevreuil,cehvreuil,cherveuil,cheveruil,chevreiul,chevreuill,chevreuli,chevrreuil,chevrueil,chevvreuil,chhevreuil,chvereuil,hcevreuil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chevreuil

Misspelling Variants of "chevreuil"

cchevreuil10cehvreuil9cherveuil9cheveruil9chevreiul9chevreuill10chevreuli9chevrreuil10
Misspelling Variants of "chevreuil"

Frequency rank: #27,366 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.