châlit
\ʃa.li\
The verdict
“châlit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chalit · châlit · French
châlit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « châlit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
châlit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how châlit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Or, dans ces tanières, les Solognots avaient « de bons lits de plume » comportant châlit de bois, paillasse, « lit » proprement dit — c’est-à-dire matelas de plume — traversins de plumes d’oie, couverture de droguet, rideaux, coussins et festons.
Le châlit au Moyen Âge renfermait un sommier constitué d’une planche (châlit bordé) ou d’un fond de cordes ou de nattes entrecroisées (châlit cordé).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.