charmante

\ʃaʁ.mɑ̃t\

/\ʃaʁ.mɑ̃t\/ noun

The verdict

“charmante” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,079
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme charmante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-charmante · charmante · French

charmante · rank #8,079 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,079
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cession

Nearest frequency peer: cession (-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 « charmante »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « charmante » 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).

charmante vs charpente
78% similar
charmante vs charmants
89% similar
charmante vs charmantes
90% similar

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

Key facts for charmante
PropertyValue
Headwordcharmante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃaʁ.mɑ̃t\
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,079
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « charmante »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).charmantese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cession » (#8,078), « cliniques » (#8,080), « carter » (#8,077). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « charmante » est au #8,079. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around charmante (IPA \ʃaʁ.mɑ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,079 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Femme charmante.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for charmante, with forms such as "cahrmante", "ccharmante", and "chamrante". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "charpente", "charmants", "charmantes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is charmante, spelled C-H-A-R-M-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme charmante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je me sentais peu de désir d’être loquace. Pourtant je savais que le récit des prouesses équestres intéresserait les charmantes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrmante
  • ccharmante
  • chamrante
  • charamnte
  • charmanet
  • charmannte
  • charmantte
  • charmatne
  • charmmante
  • charmnate
  • charrmante
  • chharmante
  • chramante
  • hcarmante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of charmante - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cahrmante2ccharmante1chamrante2charamnte2charmanet2charmannte1charmantte1charmatne2
Edit distance from "charmante"

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 "charmante"?
"charmante" is spelled C-H-A-R-M-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ.mɑ̃t\.
What does "charmante" mean?
As a noun, "charmante" means: Femme charmante.
What words are commonly confused with "charmante"?
"charmante" is commonly confused with "charpente", "charmants", "charmantes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "charmante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charmante" is \ʃaʁ.mɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charmante" come from?
"charmante" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list