cartulaire

Name: cartulaire, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\kaʁ.ty.lɛʁ\

/\kaʁ.ty.lɛʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cartulaire” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,685. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,685
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de parchemins du Moyen Âge.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cartulaire · cartulaire · French

cartulaire · rank #29,685 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #29,685
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH capuchon

Nearest frequency peer: capuchon (-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.

campe

70,319
campo

70,318
capuchon

70,317
cartulaire

70,316
catacombes

70,315
censurée

70,314

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cartulaire vs circulaire

80% similar

cartulaire vs capitulaire

82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cartulaire
Property	Value
Headword	cartulaire
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\kaʁ.ty.lɛʁ\
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#29,685
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cartulaire »

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

#29,685

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « capuchon » (#29,684), « catacombes » (#29,686), « campo » (#29,683). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cartulaire » est au #29,685. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around cartulaire (IPA \kaʁ.ty.lɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,685 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for cartulaire, with forms such as "acrtulaire", "carrtulaire", and "cartluaire". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "circulaire", "capitulaire", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cartulaire, spelled C-A-R-T-U-L-A-I-R-E.

Definition

1
Ensemble de parchemins du Moyen Âge.
2
Recueil d’actes, titres et autres papiers principaux, concernant le temporel d’un monastère, d’un chapitre, de quelque église, etc.
3
Gardien des archives dans un monastère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Dans ce cartulaire, il y a plusieurs chartes très intéressantes.
Ceux-là le croiront qui admettent que Guibour, femme de Guillaume d'Orange, a pu entrer dans la légende sans le concours des moines de Gellone, lesquels conservaient son nom dans leur cartulaire ; […].

This word in other languages

cartulary(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

acrtulaire
carrtulaire
cartluaire
carttulaire
cartualire
cartulaier
cartulairre
cartularie
cartuliare
cartullaire
carutlaire
catrulaire
ccartulaire
cratulaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "cartulaire"

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 "cartulaire"?

"cartulaire" is spelled C-A-R-T-U-L-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.ty.lɛʁ\.

What does "cartulaire" mean?

As a noun, "cartulaire" means: Ensemble de parchemins du Moyen Âge.

What words are commonly confused with "cartulaire"?

"cartulaire" is commonly confused with "circulaire", "capitulaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "cartulaire"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cartulaire" is \kaʁ.ty.lɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "cartulaire" come from?

"cartulaire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

catacombes#29,686 braconnage#29,669 Blainville#29,662 consommées#29,708

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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