challenges

\tʃa.lɛndʒ\

/\tʃa.lɛndʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“challenges” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,145. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,145
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de challenge.

Corpus desk

Index FR-challenges · challenges · French

challenges · rank #18,145 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,145
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH caprice

Nearest frequency peer: caprice (-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 « challenges »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « challenges » 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).

challenges vs challenge
90% similar
challenges vs challenger
90% similar

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

Key facts for challenges
PropertyValue
Headwordchallenges
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʃa.lɛndʒ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#18,145
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « challenges »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).challengesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « caprice » (#18,144), « chapiteau » (#18,146), « chaussées » (#18,147). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « challenges » est au #18,145. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around challenges (IPA \tʃa.lɛndʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,145 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de challenge.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for challenges, with forms such as "cahllenges", "cchallenges", and "chalelnges". 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, "challenge", "challenger", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is challenges, spelled C-H-A-L-L-E-N-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de challenge.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À quelques pas de lui, Samya, accro aux challenges, marche avec une amie randonneuse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahllenges
  • cchallenges
  • chalelnges
  • chalenges
  • challegnes
  • challenegs
  • challengess
  • challengges
  • challengse
  • challennges
  • challneges
  • chhallenges
  • chlalenges
  • hcallenges

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahllenges2cchallenges1chalelnges2chalenges1challegnes2challenegs2challengess1challengges1
Edit distance from "challenges"

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 "challenges"?
"challenges" is spelled C-H-A-L-L-E-N-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tʃa.lɛndʒ\.
What does "challenges" mean?
As a noun, "challenges" means: Pluriel de challenge.
What words are commonly confused with "challenges"?
"challenges" is commonly confused with "challenge", "challenger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "challenges"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "challenges" is \tʃa.lɛndʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "challenges" come from?
"challenges" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

attestation14 variantsatrocités14 variantsdiscutent14 variantsdominants14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list