Which to use
“chevet” and “chèvres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,364
- “chevet” frequency rank
- #13,540
- “chèvres” frequency rank
- 24904
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chevet | chèvres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tête de lit ou partie de la literie où l’on pose sa tête quand on est couché. | Pluriel de chèvre. |
Where the eye mixes chevet and chèvres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. chevet runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against chèvres's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses chevet with chèvres
A purely visual mix-up. chevet (\ʃə.vɛ\) and chèvres (\ʃɛvʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chevet is recorded at frequency rank #11,364, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃə.vɛ\. chèvres is at rank #13,540, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛvʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 24904, this pair ranks #343,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chevet vs chèvres
Shared letters: cehv. Private to "chevet": t. Private to "chèvres": rsè.
"chevet" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "chèvres" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chevet ← cchevet · cehvet · cheevt · chevett · chevte · chevvet · chhevet · chveet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chevet" for "chèvres" ever safe?
Which is more common, "chevet" or "chèvres"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "chevet" and "chèvres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chevet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chèvres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chevet" and "chèvres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chevreau vs chèvres". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #343,919 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.