Charlemagne

\ʃaʁ.lə.maɲ\

/\ʃaʁ.lə.maɲ\/ name

The verdict

“Charlemagne” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,340. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,340
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Souverain européen, premier empereur romain germanique, des VIIIᵉ et IXᵉ siècles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-charlemagne · Charlemagne · French

Charlemagne · rank #13,340 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,340
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 257,141
  • PHOTO-FINISH charisme

Nearest frequency peer: charisme (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Charlemagne”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Charlemagne” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Charlemagne
PropertyValue
HeadwordCharlemagne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʃaʁ.lə.maɲ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#13,340
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Charlemagne” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Charlemagne lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Charlemagne (IPA \ʃaʁ.lə.maɲ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,340 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Charlemagne, with forms such as "cahrlemagne", "ccharlemagne", and "chalremagne". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Charlemagne, spelled C-H-A-R-L-E-M-A-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Souverain européen, premier empereur romain germanique, des VIIIᵉ et IXᵉ siècles.
  2. 2
    Un des quatre rois dans un jeu de cartes.
  3. 3
    Lycée de Paris, situé dans le 4e arrondissement.
  4. 4
    Élève du lycée Charlemagne, à Paris.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrlemagne
  • ccharlemagne
  • chalremagne
  • charelmagne
  • charleamgne
  • charlemagen
  • charlemaggne
  • charlemagnne
  • charlemange
  • charlemgane
  • charlemmagne
  • charllemagne
  • charlmeagne
  • charrlemagne
  • chharlemagne
  • chralemagne
  • hcarlemagne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahrlemagne2ccharlemagne1chalremagne2charelmagne2charleamgne2charlemagen2charlemaggne1charlemagnne1
Edit distance from "Charlemagne"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Charlemagne"?
"Charlemagne" is spelled C-H-A-R-L-E-M-A-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ.lə.maɲ\.
What does "Charlemagne" mean?
As a proper noun, "Charlemagne" means: Souverain européen, premier empereur romain germanique, des VIIIᵉ et IXᵉ siècles.
What are common misspellings of "Charlemagne"?
Common misspellings include "cahrlemagne", "ccharlemagne", "chalremagne", "charelmagne", "charleamgne". The correct spelling is "Charlemagne".
How do you pronounce "Charlemagne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Charlemagne" is \ʃaʁ.lə.maɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Charlemagne" come from?
"Charlemagne" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Charlemagne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list