charitable
"charitable" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“charitable” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,127 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,127
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pertaining to charity.
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 | charitable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,127 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “charitable” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for charitable is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #8,127 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Pertaining to charity.
- 2Kind, generous.
- 3Having a purpose or character of a charity.
Etymology
From Old French charitable.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “charitable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-A-R-I-T-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “chargeable” - see the side-by-side comparison. charitable vs chargeable
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English 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.