chaloupe

Name: chaloupe, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ʃa.lup\

/\ʃa.lup\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“chaloupe” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,197. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,197
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand canot dont on se sert principalement dans les ports et les rades pour le transport des vivres, des fardeaux, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chaloupe · chaloupe · French

chaloupe · rank #38,197 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #38,197
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH chaires

Nearest frequency peer: chaires (-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.

censeurs

61,807
chaires

61,805
chaloupe

61,804
Charlier

61,803
choquantes

61,801
chronologiq…

61,800

What this shows « chaloupe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for chaloupe
Property	Value
Headword	chaloupe
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ʃa.lup\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#38,197
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chaloupe »

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

#38,197

#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 « chaires » (#38,196), « Charlier » (#38,198), « censeurs » (#38,194). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chaloupe » est au #38,197. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around chaloupe (IPA \ʃa.lup\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,197 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chaloupe, with forms such as "cahloupe", "cchaloupe", and "challoupe". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chaloupe, spelled C-H-A-L-O-U-P-E.

Definition

1
Grand canot dont on se sert principalement dans les ports et les rades pour le transport des vivres, des fardeaux, etc.
2
Canot à rame ou à moteur embarqué à bord des bateaux pour rejoindre le rivage ou évacuer les passagers.
3
Surchaussure protégeant les chaussures de la neige et de l’eau. On dit aussi claque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Jean Donnard et Pierre Kerhuon embarquaient les filets dans la chaloupe, amarrée au quai, près de la cale qu’ensanglantaient des débris de poissons fraîchement éventrés.
Écopée, la barque avait été remise à flot et pendant que ses canotiers ramaient, la chaloupe de Laignel l'aidait à passer les mauvais rouleaux en la remorquant.

This word in other languages

shallop(English)chalupa(Español)Schaluppe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cahloupe
cchaloupe
challoupe
chalopue
chalouep
chalouppe
chaluope
chaolupe
chhaloupe
chlaoupe
hcaloupe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chaloupe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "chaloupe"

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 "chaloupe"?

"chaloupe" is spelled C-H-A-L-O-U-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.lup\.

What does "chaloupe" mean?

As a noun, "chaloupe" means: Grand canot dont on se sert principalement dans les ports et les rades pour le transport des vivres, des fardeaux, etc.

What are common misspellings of "chaloupe"?

Common misspellings include "cahloupe", "cchaloupe", "challoupe", "chalopue", "chalouep". The correct spelling is "chaloupe".

How do you pronounce "chaloupe"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chaloupe" is \ʃa.lup\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "chaloupe" come from?

"chaloupe" 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 "chaloupe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Charlier#38,198 censeurs#38,194 Caligula#38,186 bloqueur#38,171

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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