charbon

/\ʃaʁ.bɔ̃\/ noun

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Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,054

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

charbon is aFrenchnoun. It means: Combustible solide, de couleur noire, d'origine organique et renfermant principalement du carbone. Pronounced \ʃaʁ.bɔ̃\. It ranks #4,054 in French word frequency. Often confused with chaton and Charon.

Key facts for charbon
PropertyValue
Headwordcharbon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃaʁ.bɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,054
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of charbon in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for charbon is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃaʁ.bɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,054 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 26 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for charbon, with forms such as "cahrbon", "ccharbon", and "chabron". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chaton", "Charon", "chiron", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is charbon, spelled C-H-A-R-B-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Combustible solide, de couleur noire, d'origine organique et renfermant principalement du carbone.
  2. 2
    Matière noire combustible.
  3. 3
    Roche carbonée d'origine végétale se répartissant en anthracite, houille, tourbe et lignite.
  4. 4
    Produit de la combustion de substances végétales ou animales.
  5. 5
    Matériau utilisé pour la cuisson ou le chauffage.
  6. 6
    : → voir charbon vert
  7. 7
    Industrie d’extraction du charbon.
  8. 8
    Autres désignations descriptives et d’usage.
  9. 9
    Altération tissulaire d’aspect noirâtre.
  10. 10
    Inflammation gangréneuse due au bacille du charbon, ou Bacillus anthracis.
  11. 11
    Maladie infectieuse évoluant chez les ruminants.
  12. 12
    Anasarque du cheval : voir charbon blanc (1)
  13. 13
    Maladie des plantes due à un champignon basidiomycète provoquant la formation d'une poussière noire.
  14. 14
    Papeton : voir charbon blanc (3)
  15. 15
    Nom vernaculaire de la succise des prés (Succisa pratensis Mœnch) ^([1]).
  16. 16
    voir charbon actif, charbon activé.
  17. 17
    → voir charbon végétal
  18. 18
    Petite marque noire sur les coins du cheval.
  19. 19
    Travail pénible, corvée.
  20. 20
    Résidu noirci par la calcination.
  21. 21
    : Matériau servant à dessiner. → voir fusain
  22. 22
    Noir ou tirant sur le noir.
  23. 23
    Morceau de graphite utilisé comme conducteur.
  24. 24
    Générateur d’arc électrique.
  25. 25
    Pôle d’alimentation du rotor d’un moteur électrique.
  26. 26
    Mélange de tabac et de mélasse sur du charbon ardent.

Synonyms

flameroncarbonelleanthraxfièvre charbonneusemaladie des ardensœdème malinmaladie du charbonsang de rateanasarquebossesoiessoyonsuccise des présfusainbalaichichanarguilébiocharanthracitebouletbriquettegaillettegaïttegrailaperathouilleanthracosecariecarbonclecarbouillecariecharbouillecharbouclecharbucleniellecharbon de boisgraphiteélectrode

Antonyms

farineneige

This word in other languages

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahrbon,ccharbon,chabron,charbbon,charbno,charbonn,charobn,charrbon,chharbon,chrabon,hcarbon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for charbon

Misspelling Variants of "charbon"

cahrbon7ccharbon8chabron7charbbon8charbno7charbonn8charobn7charrbon8
Misspelling Variants of "charbon"

Frequency rank: #4,054 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "charbon"?
"charbon" is spelled C-H-A-R-B-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ.bɔ̃\.
What does "charbon" mean?
As a noun, "charbon" means: Combustible solide, de couleur noire, d'origine organique et renfermant principalement du carbone.
What words are commonly confused with "charbon"?
"charbon" is commonly confused with "chaton", "Charon", "chiron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "charbon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charbon" is \ʃaʁ.bɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charbon" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.