deux-chevaux
\dø.ʃə.vo\
The verdict
“deux-chevaux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Modèle de véhicule automobile de la marque Citroën, la 2CV.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deux-chevaux · deux-chevaux · French
deux-chevaux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deux-chevaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dø.ʃə.vo\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
deux-chevaux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dø.ʃə.vo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for deux-chevaux, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is deux-chevaux, spelled D-E-U-X---C-H-E-V-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Modèle de véhicule automobile de la marque Citroën, la 2CV.
- 2Automobile dont la puissance fiscale est de 2 CV.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deux-chevaux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur le trottoir, deux voitures stationnent : une deux-chevaux et une DS. — Laquelle préférez-vous ? me demande Frank.
Hé, dis-donc ! c'est normal que ça ralentisse comme ça quand tu passes la quatrième ? - Ben ouais, ça fait ça sur toutes les dianes. - La deux-chevaux de mon beauf, elle a vachement plus la patate. -Ouais... mais ton beauf, c'est pas pareil.
This word in other languages
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.