chapiteau

\ʃa.pi.to\

/\ʃa.pi.to\/ noun

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The verdict

“chapiteau” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,146. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,146
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie du haut de la colonne, sur laquelle est posée la frise, et qui repose sur le fût.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chapiteau · chapiteau · French

chapiteau · rank #18,146 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,146
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH challenges

Nearest frequency peer: challenges (-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 « chapiteau »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chapiteau » 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).

chapiteau vs château
67% similar
chapiteau vs chapiteaux
90% similar
chapiteau vs chapeau
78% similar

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

Key facts for chapiteau
PropertyValue
Headwordchapiteau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃa.pi.to\
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,146
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chapiteau »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chapiteause 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 « challenges » (#18,145), « chaussées » (#18,147), « caprice » (#18,144). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chapiteau » est au #18,146. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around chapiteau (IPA \ʃa.pi.to\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,146 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for chapiteau, with forms such as "cahpiteau", "cchapiteau", and "chaipteau". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "château", "chapiteaux", "chapeau", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chapiteau, spelled C-H-A-P-I-T-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie du haut de la colonne, sur laquelle est posée la frise, et qui repose sur le fût.
  2. 2
    Quelques autres ornements d’architecture qui forment la partie supérieure, le couronnement de certaines choses.
  3. 3
    Corniches et autres couronnements qui se posent au-dessus des buffets, des armoires et d’autres ouvrages.
  4. 4
    Partie supérieure d’un alambic, dans laquelle se condensent les vapeurs qui s’élèvent de la cucurbite.
  5. 5
    Morceau de carton en forme d’entonnoir, qui se met vers le haut d’une torche, pour recevoir ce qui en dégoutte de cire ou de poix.
  6. 6
    Deux ais joints qui couvrent la lumière d'un canon.
  7. 7
    Vaisseau sur la cucurbite.
  8. 8
    Cornet placé au sommet d’une fusée volante.
  9. 9
    Grande tente destinée à accueillir les spectacles, principalement ceux du cirque.
  10. 10
    Tente de cirque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chapiteau corinthien. Chapiteau ionique.
  2. En face, sur le chapiteau d’un pilier, trois moines trapus, dodus et pansus, semble s’attrister du badigeon beurre frais qu’on leur a infligé.

This word in other languages

capital(English)capitel(Español)Kapitell(Deutsch)capitel(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahpiteau
  • cchapiteau
  • chaipteau
  • chapietau
  • chapitaeu
  • chapiteua
  • chapitteau
  • chappiteau
  • chaptieau
  • chhapiteau
  • chpaiteau
  • hcapiteau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chapiteau - 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.

cahpiteau2cchapiteau1chaipteau2chapietau2chapitaeu2chapiteua2chapitteau1chappiteau1
Edit distance from "chapiteau"

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 "chapiteau"?
"chapiteau" is spelled C-H-A-P-I-T-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.pi.to\.
What does "chapiteau" mean?
As a noun, "chapiteau" means: Partie du haut de la colonne, sur laquelle est posée la frise, et qui repose sur le fût.
What words are commonly confused with "chapiteau"?
"chapiteau" is commonly confused with "château", "chapiteaux", "chapeau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chapiteau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chapiteau" is \ʃa.pi.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chapiteau" come from?
"chapiteau" 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 "chapiteau", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chaussées#18,147convoquer#18,161balnéaire#18,128atrocités#18,121

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

brûlent12 variantsconfrère12 variantsadmettons12 variantsEdmonton12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list