chou cavalier

\ʃu ka.va.lje\

/\ʃu ka.va.lje\/ noun

The verdict

“chou cavalier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variété de chou fourrager.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chou-cavalier · chou cavalier · French

chou cavalier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for chou cavalier
PropertyValue
Headwordchou cavalier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃu ka.va.lje\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chou cavalier » en français

chou cavalierreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chou cavalier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃu ka.va.lje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variété de chou fourrager.".

No misspelling variants are generated for chou cavalier in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chou cavalier, spelled C-H-O-U- -C-A-V-A-L-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variété de chou fourrager.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chou cavalier"?
"chou cavalier" is spelled C-H-O-U- -C-A-V-A-L-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃu ka.va.lje\.
What does "chou cavalier" mean?
As a noun, "chou cavalier" means: Variété de chou fourrager.
How do you pronounce "chou cavalier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chou cavalier" is \ʃu ka.va.lje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chou cavalier" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list