charades
\ʃa.ʁad\
The verdict
“charades” is uncommon French (frequency #95,683 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,683
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de charade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | charades |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.ʁad\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “charades” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
charades is uncommon French at frequency #95,683 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.ʁad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de charade.".
charades doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is charades, spelled C-H-A-R-A-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de charade.
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.
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Using “charades”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-R-A-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃa.ʁad\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.