château
[ʃɑto]
The verdict
“château” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,670. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,670
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mittelalterlicher, befestigter Wohn- und Verteidigungsbau
Corpus desk
Index DE-chateau · château · German
château · rank #38,670 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #38,670
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH chaotische
Nearest frequency peer: chaotische (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “château”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cesar
cesar
61,334 corpus weight
- chaotische
chaotische
61,333 corpus weight
- château
château
61,331 corpus weight
- creepy
creepy
61,329 corpus weight
- curie
curie
61,327 corpus weight
- Datenmengen
Datenmengen
61,326 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “château” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | château |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃɑto] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #38,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “château” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around château (IPA [ʃɑto]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,670 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for château, with forms such as "cchâteau", "chhâteau", and "chtâeau". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "chapeau", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is château, spelled C-H-Â-T-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1mittelalterlicher, befestigter Wohn- und Verteidigungsbau
- 2prunkvolles und repräsentatives Wohngebäude, meistens von Adelsfamilien
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how château appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A nouveau assiégé, le château fut pris en 1435.
Il habite dans un château.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchâteau
- chhâteau
- chtâeau
- châetau
- châtaeu
- châteua
- châtteau
- câhteau
- hcâteau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of château - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "château", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "château". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "chapeau". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #38,670 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.