Charlotte

/ˈʃɑː.lət/

//ˈʃɑː.lət// name

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"charlotte" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Charlotte” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,926. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,926
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from French.

Corpus desk

Index EN-charlotte · Charlotte · English

Charlotte · rank #4,926 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,926
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH cancelled

Nearest frequency peer: cancelled (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Charlotte”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Charlotte
PropertyValue
HeadwordCharlotte
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ˈʃɑː.lət/
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,926
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Charlotte”

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “cancelled” (#4,925), “cheaper” (#4,927), “canal” (#4,924). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “Charlotte” is #4,926. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Charlotte (IPA /ˈʃɑː.lət/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,926 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Charlotte, with forms such as "cahrlotte", "ccharlotte", and "chalrotte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French Charlotte in the 17th century, a female diminutive form of Charles, from Middle High German Karl, which came from the Germanic *karlaz. The civil parish is named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818). Coined by British-Dutch survey… The correct English form is Charlotte, spelled C-H-A-R-L-O-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A female given name from French.
  2. 2
    Numerous places:
  3. 3
    Numerous places:
  4. 4
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  6. 6
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Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. My Charlotte conquers with a smile, / And reigneth queen of love. In the home-circle and among her companions, Charlotte lays aside her queenship and becomes a gentle Lottie.
  2. "Here's Totty! By-and-by, what's her other name? She wasn't christened Totty." "Oh, sir, we call her sadly out of name. Charlotte's her christened name. It's a name i' Mr. Poyser's family; his grandmother was named Charlotte. But we began calling her Lotty, and now it's got to Totty. To be sure it's more like a name for a dog than a Christian child."

Etymology

From French Charlotte in the 17th century, a female diminutive form of Charles, from Middle High German Karl, which came from the Germanic *karlaz. The civil parish is named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

This word in other languages

Carlota(Español)Charlotte(Français)Charlotte(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrlotte
  • ccharlotte
  • chalrotte
  • charllotte
  • charlote
  • charlotet
  • charltote
  • charoltte
  • charrlotte
  • chharlotte
  • chralotte
  • hcarlotte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahrlotte2ccharlotte1chalrotte2charllotte1charlote1charlotet2charltote2charoltte2
Edit distance from "Charlotte"

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 "Charlotte"?
"Charlotte" is spelled C-H-A-R-L-O-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈʃɑː.lət/.
What does "Charlotte" mean?
As a proper noun, "Charlotte" means: A female given name from French.
What are common misspellings of "Charlotte"?
Common misspellings include "cahrlotte", "ccharlotte", "chalrotte", "charllotte", "charlote". The correct spelling is "Charlotte".
How do you pronounce "Charlotte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Charlotte" is /ˈʃɑː.lət/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Charlotte"?
From French Charlotte in the 17th century, a female diminutive form of Charles, from Middle High German Karl, which came from the Germanic *karlaz. The civil parish is named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818). Coined by British-Du... 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 "Charlotte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cancelled#4,925competing#4,931Baltimore#4,916Argentina#4,915

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list