Charenton

/\ʃa.ʁɑ̃.tɔ̃\/ name

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,928

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Charenton is aFrenchname. It means: Nom populaire d'un ancien asile psychiatrique appelé hôpital Esquirol, situé sur la commune de Saint-Maurice, dans le département du Val-de-Marne. Pronounced \ʃa.ʁɑ̃.tɔ̃\. Often confused with Charlton and charleston.

Key facts for Charenton
PropertyValue
HeadwordCharenton
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\ʃa.ʁɑ̃.tɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#34,928
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Charenton is 9 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃa.ʁɑ̃.tɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #34,928 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for Charenton, with forms such as "cahrenton", "ccharenton", and "chaernton". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Charlton", "charleston", "Charente", 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 Charenton, spelled C-H-A-R-E-N-T-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom populaire d'un ancien asile psychiatrique appelé hôpital Esquirol, situé sur la commune de Saint-Maurice, dans le département du Val-de-Marne.
  2. 2
    Charenton-le-Pont, commune française, située dans le département du Val-de-Marne.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahrenton,ccharenton,chaernton,charennton,charenotn,charentno,charentonn,charentton,charetnon,charneton,charrenton,chharenton,chraenton,hcarenton

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Charenton

Misspelling Variants of "Charenton"

cahrenton9ccharenton10chaernton9charennton10charenotn9charentno9charentonn10charentton10
Misspelling Variants of "Charenton"

Frequency rank: #34,928 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Charenton"?
"Charenton" is spelled C-H-A-R-E-N-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.ʁɑ̃.tɔ̃\.
What does "Charenton" mean?
As a name, "Charenton" means: Nom populaire d'un ancien asile psychiatrique appelé hôpital Esquirol, situé sur la commune de Saint-Maurice, dans le département du Val-de-Marne.
What words are commonly confused with "Charenton"?
"Charenton" is commonly confused with "Charlton", "charleston", "Charente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Charenton"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Charenton" is \ʃa.ʁɑ̃.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Charenton" come from?
"Charenton" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.