chalet

\ʃa.lɛ\

/\ʃa.lɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“chalet” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,361
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cabane sur l’alpage, où s’abritent les bergers pendant l’été et où ils font les fromages.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chalet · chalet · French

chalet · rank #11,361 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,361
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cerise

Nearest frequency peer: cerise (-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 « chalet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chalet » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

chalet vs chat
67% similar
chalet vs chant
67% similar
chalet vs chase
67% similar

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

Key facts for chalet
PropertyValue
Headwordchalet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃa.lɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,361
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chalet »

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

#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 « cerise » (#11,360), « chantage » (#11,362), « catalan » (#11,359). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chalet » est au #11,361. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around chalet (IPA \ʃa.lɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,361 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chalet, with forms such as "cahlet", "cchalet", and "chaelt". 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, "chat", "chant", "chase", and more, 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chalet, spelled C-H-A-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cabane sur l’alpage, où s’abritent les bergers pendant l’été et où ils font les fromages.
  2. 2
    Cabane sur l’alpage, où s’abritent les bergers pendant l’été et où ils font les fromages.
  3. 3
    Maison de campagne, maison de plaisance de style rustique.
  4. 4
    Lampe suspendue au plafond.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Autour de l’habitation principale dont M. d’Orbe dispose, sont épars assez loin quelques chalets, qui de leurs toits de chaume peuvent couvrir l’amour et le plaisir, amis de la simplicité rustique. Les fraîches et discrètes laitières savent garder pour autrui le secret dont elles ont besoin pour elles-mêmes.
  2. J’étais seul [lors d’un voyage dans les Alpes] ; je voyageais à pied dans ces montagnes. Je m’arrêtai dans un chalet, et j’y passai trois jours dans une famille de bergers.

Synonyms

chalach

This word in other languages

chalet(English)chalé(Español)Berghütte(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahlet
  • cchalet
  • chaelt
  • chalett
  • challet
  • chalte
  • chhalet
  • chlaet
  • hcalet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahlet2cchalet1chaelt2chalett1challet1chalte2chhalet1chlaet2
Edit distance from "chalet"

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 "chalet"?
"chalet" is spelled C-H-A-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.lɛ\.
What does "chalet" mean?
As a noun, "chalet" means: Cabane sur l’alpage, où s’abritent les bergers pendant l’été et où ils font les fromages.
What words are commonly confused with "chalet"?
"chalet" is commonly confused with "chat", "chant", "chase". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chalet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chalet" is \ʃa.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chalet" come from?
"chalet" 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 "chalet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cerise#11,360chevet#11,364buffet#11,356chrome#11,367

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

comics9 variantsbasées9 variantsattendue9 variantsarmoire9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list