châlit
\ʃa.li\
The verdict
“châlit” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Encadrement en bois ou en fer d’un lit, souvent muni d’un chevet à sa tête, de battants sur les côtés et d’un pied de lit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | châlit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.li\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “châlit” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for châlit is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃa.li\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for châlit, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is châlit, spelled C-H-Â-L-I-T.
Definition
- 1Encadrement en bois ou en fer d’un lit, souvent muni d’un chevet à sa tête, de battants sur les côtés et d’un pied de lit.
- 2Lit rudimentaire.
- 3Lit à étage dans les camps de concentration de la Seconde Guerre mondiale où plusieurs prisonniers couchaient à chaque étage.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “châlit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-Â-L-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃa.li\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.