Charles
[ʃaʁl]
The verdict
“Charles” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,763 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #3,763
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Carlos.
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 | Charles |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ʃaʁl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Charles” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Charles is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃaʁl]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,763 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Carlos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Charles, with forms such as "cahrles", "ccharles", and "chalres". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cuales", "Charly", "Chaves", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Charles, spelled C-H-A-R-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Carlos.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cahrles,ccharles,chalres,charels,charless,charlles,charlse,charrles,chharles,chrales,hcarles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Charles - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Charles”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-A-R-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃaʁl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cuales” - see the side-by-side comparison. Charles vs cuales
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.