chien viverrin
\ʃjɛ̃ vi.vɛ.ʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“chien viverrin” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petit canidé sauvage originaire d’Asie de l’Est, apparenté au renard, caractérisé par un corps longiligne, des membres courts, une fourrure de couleur brune, ainsi qu’un masque facial le faisant re...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chien viverrin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃjɛ̃ vi.vɛ.ʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chien viverrin” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chien viverrin is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃjɛ̃ vi.vɛ.ʁɛ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Petit canidé sauvage originaire d’Asie de l’Est, apparenté au renard, caractérisé par un corps longiligne, des membres courts, une fourrure de couleur brune, ainsi qu’un masque facial le faisant re...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chien viverrin, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chien viverrin, spelled C-H-I-E-N- -V-I-V-E-R-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Petit canidé sauvage originaire d’Asie de l’Est, apparenté au renard, caractérisé par un corps longiligne, des membres courts, une fourrure de couleur brune, ainsi qu’un masque facial le faisant ressembler au raton laveur.
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-I-E-N- -V-I-V-E-R-R-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃjɛ̃ vi.vɛ.ʁɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.