Charlène

/\ʃaʁ.lɛn\/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,171

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

Charlène is aFrenchname. It means: Prénom féminin. Pronounced \ʃaʁ.lɛn\. Often confused with Charles and charlie.

Key facts for Charlène
PropertyValue
HeadwordCharlène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\ʃaʁ.lɛn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,171
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Charlène is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃaʁ.lɛn\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,171 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom féminin.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Charlène, with forms such as "cahrlène", "ccharlène", and "chalrène". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Charles", "charlie", "charmée", 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 Charlène, spelled C-H-A-R-L-È-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahrlène,ccharlène,chalrène,charlene,charllène,charlnèe,charlèen,charlènne,charrlène,charèlne,chharlène,chralène,hcarlène

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Charlène

Misspelling Variants of "Charlène"

cahrlène8ccharlène9chalrène8charlene8charllène9charlnèe8charlèen8charlènne9
Misspelling Variants of "Charlène"

Frequency rank: #40,171 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Charlène"?
"Charlène" is spelled C-H-A-R-L-È-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ.lɛn\.
What does "Charlène" mean?
As a name, "Charlène" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Charlène"?
"Charlène" is commonly confused with "Charles", "charlie", "charmée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Charlène"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Charlène" is \ʃaʁ.lɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Charlène" come from?
"Charlène" 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.