Chalet
[ʃaˈleː]
The verdict
“Chalet” is an uncommon German word, ranked #75,491 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #75,491
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im Gebirge befindliche Hütte; landwirtschaftliches Gebäude auf einer Alm
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chalet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃaˈleː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chalet” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Chalet is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃaˈleː]. Corpus data places it at rank #75,491 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Chalet, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Chalet, spelled C-H-A-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1im Gebirge befindliche Hütte; landwirtschaftliches Gebäude auf einer Alm
- 2meist aus Holz gebautes (einfaches) Ferienhaus, Landhaus, Ferienwohnung
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Chalet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-H-A-L-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃaˈleː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German 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.