charitable

\ʃa.ʁi.tabl\

/\ʃa.ʁi.tabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“charitable” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,514. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,514
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de la charité pour son prochain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-charitable · charitable · French

charitable · rank #24,514 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,514
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chantée

Nearest frequency peer: chantée (-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 « charitable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « charitable » 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).

charitable vs charitables
91% similar
charitable vs cartable
80% similar

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

Key facts for charitable
PropertyValue
Headwordcharitable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʃa.ʁi.tabl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#24,514
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « charitable »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).charitablese place ici:

#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 « chantée » (#24,513), « chefferie » (#24,515), « censurer » (#24,512). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « charitable » est au #24,514. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around charitable (IPA \ʃa.ʁi.tabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,514 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for charitable, with forms such as "cahritable", "ccharitable", and "chairtable". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "charitables", "cartable", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is charitable, spelled C-H-A-R-I-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a de la charité pour son prochain.
  2. 2
    Qui fait l’aumône.
  3. 3
    Qui part d’un principe de charité.
  4. 4
    Qui est indulgent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous autres, Parisiens, sommes charitables au provincial...
  2. C'est en réalité par respect pour l'artiste, dont j'ai toujours été envieux du coup de crayon, que je me suis jusqu'ici montré charitable.

Synonyms

chariteux

This word in other languages

charitable(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahritable
  • ccharitable
  • chairtable
  • chariatble
  • charitabble
  • charitabel
  • charitablle
  • charitalbe
  • charitbale
  • charittable
  • charritable
  • chartiable
  • chharitable
  • chraitable
  • hcaritable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahritable2ccharitable1chairtable2chariatble2charitabble1charitabel2charitablle1charitalbe2
Edit distance from "charitable"

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 "charitable"?
"charitable" is spelled C-H-A-R-I-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.ʁi.tabl\.
What does "charitable" mean?
As an adjective, "charitable" means: Qui a de la charité pour son prochain.
What words are commonly confused with "charitable"?
"charitable" is commonly confused with "charitables", "cartable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "charitable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charitable" is \ʃa.ʁi.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charitable" come from?
"charitable" 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 "charitable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

concrétise#24,526Birmingham#24,493distinctif#24,546documenter#24,547

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

aromatiques15 variantsarchiviste15 variantsabomination15 variantsépiscopale15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list