Which to use
“chevron” and “chevrons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,665
- “chevron” frequency rank
- #34,931
- “chevrons” frequency rank
- 61596
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chevron | chevrons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pièce de bois inclinée employée pour la couverture d’une maison et qui soutient les liteaux sur lesquelles reposent les tuiles, les ardoises. | Pluriel de chevron. |
Same sound, different letters: chevron vs chevrons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. chevron runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against chevrons's 8 (CCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: chevron vs chevrons
This is the hard kind. chevron and chevrons are pronounced identically (\ʃə.vʁɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “chevron” sits inside “chevrons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chevron is recorded at frequency rank #26,665, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃə.vʁɔ̃\. chevrons is at rank #34,931, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃə.vʁɔ̃\.
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 61596, this pair ranks #91,424 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chevron vs chevrons
Shared letters: cehnorv. Private to "chevron": -. Private to "chevrons": s.
"chevron" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "chevrons" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chevron" for "chevrons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "chevron" vs "chevrons" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"chevron" and "chevrons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "chevron" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chevrons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,424 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chevron" and "chevrons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chevronné vs chevrons". 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 #91,424 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.