Charlemagne
/ˈʃɑːɹləmeɪn/
"charlemagne" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Charlemagne” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,562. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,562
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One of the kings of the Franks from 768 to 814, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 until his death in 814.
Corpus desk
Index EN-charlemagne · Charlemagne · English
Charlemagne · rank #33,562 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,562
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH checkup
Nearest frequency peer: checkup (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Charlemagne”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- casanova
casanova
66,443 corpus weight
- categorical
categorical
66,442 corpus weight
- Charlemagne
Charlemagne
66,439 corpus weight
- checkup
checkup
66,438 corpus weight
- chieftain
chieftain
66,437 corpus weight
- Chisholm
Chisholm
66,436 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Charlemagne” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Charlemagne |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃɑːɹləmeɪn/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #33,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Charlemagne” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Charlemagne (IPA /ˈʃɑːɹləmeɪn/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,562 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "One of the kings of the Franks from 768 to 814, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 until his death in 814.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Charlemagne, with forms such as "cahrlemagne", "ccharlemagne", and "chalremagne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Charlemagne (compare Charlemayn), from Middle French Charlemagne, from Old French Carles li magnes, from Latin Carolus Magnus (literally “Charles/Karl the Great”). The correct English form is Charlemagne, spelled C-H-A-R-L-E-M-A-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1One of the kings of the Franks from 768 to 814, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 until his death in 814.
Etymology
From Middle English Charlemagne (compare Charlemayn), from Middle French Charlemagne, from Old French Carles li magnes, from Latin Carolus Magnus (literally “Charles/Karl the Great”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cahrlemagne
- ccharlemagne
- chalremagne
- charelmagne
- charleamgne
- charlemagen
- charlemaggne
- charlemagnne
- charlemange
- charlemgane
- charlemmagne
- charllemagne
- charlmeagne
- charrlemagne
- chharlemagne
- chralemagne
- hcarlemagne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Charlemagne - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Charlemagne", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
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.