campanile

\kɑ̃.pa.nil\

/\kɑ̃.pa.nil\/ noun

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The verdict

“campanile” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,823. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,823
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clocher à jour.

Corpus desk

Index FR-campanile · campanile · French

campanile · rank #43,823 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,823
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH camino

Nearest frequency peer: camino (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « campanile »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « campanile » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for campanile
PropertyValue
Headwordcampanile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɑ̃.pa.nil\
Letters9
Frequency rank#43,823
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « campanile »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).campanilese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « camino » (#43,822), « Canaan » (#43,824), « canari » (#43,825). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « campanile » est au #43,823. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around campanile (IPA \kɑ̃.pa.nil\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,823 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for campanile, with forms such as "acmpanile", "camapnile", and "cammpanile". 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 confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is campanile, spelled C-A-M-P-A-N-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Clocher à jour.
  2. 2
    Tour ouverte, haute et généralement isolée, dans laquelle sont suspendues des cloches.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il découvrirait un campanile de tuiles rongées par la mousse, douze maisonnettes éparses, entourées de leurs vergers et de leurs chenevières.
  2. Les campaniles de sa vieille cathédrale s’élancent dans les airs, où ils se confondaient alors avec les créations fantastiques de quelques nuages blanchâtres.

This word in other languages

campanil(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acmpanile
  • camapnile
  • cammpanile
  • campainle
  • campaniel
  • campanille
  • campanlie
  • campannile
  • campnaile
  • camppanile
  • capmanile
  • ccampanile
  • cmapanile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of campanile - 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.

acmpanile2camapnile2cammpanile1campainle2campaniel2campanille1campanlie2campannile1
Edit distance from "campanile"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "campanile"?
"campanile" is spelled C-A-M-P-A-N-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ̃.pa.nil\.
What does "campanile" mean?
As a noun, "campanile" means: Clocher à jour.
What are common misspellings of "campanile"?
Common misspellings include "acmpanile", "camapnile", "cammpanile", "campainle", "campaniel". The correct spelling is "campanile".
How do you pronounce "campanile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "campanile" is \kɑ̃.pa.nil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "campanile" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cantonnés#43,826chauffées#43,838Beaubourg#43,804connurent#43,857

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

artilleurs13 variantsargentés13 variantscrédules13 variantsapostolat13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list