charitable

Name: charitable, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“charitable” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,127. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,127
frequency rank, English: 5,599
“C” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to charity.

Corpus desk

Index EN-charitable · charitable · English

charitable · rank #8,127 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #8,127
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,599
PHOTO-FINISH catalogue

Nearest frequency peer: catalogue (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Carson

91,877
catalog

91,876
catalogue

91,875
charitable

91,874
Christine

91,873
clicking

91,872

What this shows “charitable” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

charitable vs chargeable

80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for charitable
Property	Value
Headword	charitable
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#8,127
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “charitable”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).charitablelands here:

#8,127

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “catalogue” (#8,126), “Christine” (#8,128), “catalog” (#8,125). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “charitable” is #8,127. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around charitable, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,127 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for charitable, with forms such as "cahritable", "ccharitable", and "chairtable". 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, "chargeable", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French charitable. The correct English form is charitable, spelled C-H-A-R-I-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

1
Pertaining to charity.
2
Kind, generous.
3
Having a purpose or character of a charity.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

St. Martin [of Tours] looks round, first, deliberately;—becomes aware of a tatterdemalion and thirsty-looking soul of a beggar at his chair side, who has managed to get his cup filled somehow, also—by a charitable lacquey. St. Martin turns his back on the Empress, and hobnobs with him!
Pakistan can sometimes be a cruel environment, its residents caught between the dual pressures of poverty and violence. Yet it is also a place of great kindness, with a strong culture of charitable giving.

Etymology

From Old French charitable.

Synonyms

eleemosynary

This word in other languages

caritativo(Español)caritatif(Français)mildtätig(Deutsch)caritativo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cahritable
ccharitable
chairtable
chariatble
charitabble
charitabel
charitablle
charitalbe
charitbale
charitible
charittable
charritable
chartiable
chharitable
chraitable
hcaritable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of charitable - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "charitable"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "charitable"?

"charitable" is spelled C-H-A-R-I-T-A-B-L-E.

What does "charitable" mean?

As an adjective, "charitable" means: Pertaining to charity.

What words are commonly confused with "charitable"?

"charitable" is commonly confused with "chargeable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "charitable"?

From Old French charitable. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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