Charm

[tʃɑːm]

/[tʃɑːm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Charm” is uncommon German (frequency #54,421 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,421
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine der Eigenschaften von Quarks (Elementarteilchen) – genauer, einer der sechs Flavour

Corpus desk

Index DE-charm · Charm · German

Charm · rank #54,421 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,421
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH charakteristi…

Nearest frequency peer: charakteristisches (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Charm“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Charm“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Charm
PropertyValue
HeadwordCharm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tʃɑːm]
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,421
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Charm“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Charmfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „charakteristisches“ (#54,420), „Chemikalie“ (#54,422), „chilenische“ (#54,423). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Charm“ bei #54,421. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Charm is uncommon German at frequency #54,421 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʃɑːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine der Eigenschaften von Quarks (Elementarteilchen) – genauer, einer der sechs Flavour".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Charm, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Charm, spelled C-H-A-R-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine der Eigenschaften von Quarks (Elementarteilchen) – genauer, einer der sechs Flavour

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Charm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Charm kann die Werte 1, -1 und 0 annehmen.
  2. „Wie die Seltsamkeit bleibt der Charm in der starken Wechselwirkung erhalten, während der sich bei schwach wechselwirkenden Prozessen um ±1 ändert.“

This word in other languages

charm(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Charm"?
"Charm" is spelled C-H-A-R-M. The IPA pronunciation is [tʃɑːm].
What does "Charm" mean?
As a noun, "Charm" means: eine der Eigenschaften von Quarks (Elementarteilchen) – genauer, einer der sechs Flavour
How do you pronounce "Charm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Charm" is [tʃɑːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Charm" come from?
"Charm" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Charm", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cells#54,418cours#54,431brook#54,406eisig#54,477

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list