meuble de chevet

\mœbl də ʃə.vɛ\

/\mœbl də ʃə.vɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Meuble de petite taille placée à la tête du lit, sur lequel peuvent être posés entre autres un livre de chevet et une lampe de chevet.

Key facts for meuble de chevet
PropertyValue
Headwordmeuble de chevet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mœbl də ʃə.vɛ\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “meuble de chevet” sits in French frequency

meuble de chevet falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

meuble de chevet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mœbl də ʃə.vɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Meuble de petite taille placée à la tête du lit, sur lequel peuvent être posés entre autres un livre de chevet et une lampe de chevet.".

meuble de chevet has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is meuble de chevet, spelled M-E-U-B-L-E- -D-E- -C-H-E-V-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Meuble de petite taille placée à la tête du lit, sur lequel peuvent être posés entre autres un livre de chevet et une lampe de chevet.

Synonyms

chevettable de chevettable de nuit

This word in other languages

Nachttisch(Deutsch)

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 "meuble de chevet"?
"meuble de chevet" is spelled M-E-U-B-L-E- -D-E- -C-H-E-V-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mœbl də ʃə.vɛ\.
What does "meuble de chevet" mean?
As a noun, "meuble de chevet" means: Meuble de petite taille placée à la tête du lit, sur lequel peuvent être posés entre autres un livre de chevet et une lampe de chevet.
How do you pronounce "meuble de chevet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meuble de chevet" is \mœbl də ʃə.vɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meuble de chevet" come from?
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Using “meuble de chevet”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-E-U-B-L-E- -D-E- -C-H-E-V-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mœbl də ʃə.vɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list