chaleur

\ʃa.lœʁ\

/\ʃa.lœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“chaleur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,165
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité de ce qui est chaud, sensation produite par un corps chaud.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chaleur · chaleur · French

chaleur · rank #2,165 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,165
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brésil

Nearest frequency peer: Brésil (-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 « chaleur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chaleur » 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).

chaleur vs couleur
71% similar
chaleur vs chialer
71% similar
chaleur vs chômeur
71% similar

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

Key facts for chaleur
PropertyValue
Headwordchaleur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃa.lœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,165
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chaleur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chaleurse 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 « Brésil » (#2,164), « commande » (#2,166), « commentaire » (#2,167). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chaleur » est au #2,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around chaleur (IPA \ʃa.lœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,165 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for chaleur, with forms such as "cahleur", "cchaleur", and "chaelur". 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. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "couleur", "chialer", "chômeur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chaleur, spelled C-H-A-L-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité de ce qui est chaud, sensation produite par un corps chaud.
  2. 2
    Sensation de chaud qui ordinairement est incommode.
  3. 3
    Température produite par l’action du soleil, du feu ou de toute autre cause.
  4. 4
    Énergie calorifique.
  5. 5
    Ardeur, feu, véhémence des passions, des sentiments ou de ce qui sert à les manifester.
  6. 6
    Œstrus, état d’une femelle qui souhaite s'accoupler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chaleur naturelle.
  2. Chaleur vitale.

This word in other languages

heat(English)calor(Español)Hitze(Deutsch)calor(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahleur
  • cchaleur
  • chaelur
  • chaleru
  • chaleurr
  • challeur
  • chaluer
  • chhaleur
  • chlaeur
  • hcaleur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahleur2cchaleur1chaelur2chaleru2chaleurr1challeur1chaluer2chhaleur1
Edit distance from "chaleur"

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 "chaleur"?
"chaleur" is spelled C-H-A-L-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.lœʁ\.
What does "chaleur" mean?
As a noun, "chaleur" means: Qualité de ce qui est chaud, sensation produite par un corps chaud.
What words are commonly confused with "chaleur"?
"chaleur" is commonly confused with "couleur", "chialer", "chômeur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chaleur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chaleur" is \ʃa.lœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chaleur" come from?
"chaleur" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

étoiles#2,159épreuve#2,158toucher#2,152salaire#2,150

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Brésil10 variantscommande10 variantsheureuse10 variantsmagasin10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list