charnelle
\ʃaʁ.nɛl\
The verdict
“charnelle” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,173. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,173
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de charnel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-charnelle · charnelle · French
charnelle · rank #40,173 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,173
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH charnel
Nearest frequency peer: charnel (-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 « charnelle »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Charlton
Charlton
59,831 corpus weight
- Charlène
Charlène
59,830 corpus weight
- charnel
charnel
59,829 corpus weight
- charnelle
charnelle
59,828 corpus weight
- Chauvet
Chauvet
59,827 corpus weight
- Chelles
Chelles
59,826 corpus weight
What this shows « charnelle » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | charnelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃaʁ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « charnelle »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around charnelle (IPA \ʃaʁ.nɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,173 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de charnel.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for charnelle, with forms such as "cahrnelle", "ccharnelle", and "chanrelle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "charnel", "chapelle", "cannelle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is charnelle, spelled C-H-A-R-N-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de charnel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how charnelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À cette façon de remarteler chaque geste ou chaque syllabe, de ralentir la diction, de se pétrifier peu à peu devant l’impensable, l’étrangeté de la folie devenait à la fois charnelle et familière.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cahrnelle
- ccharnelle
- chanrelle
- charenlle
- charnele
- charnelel
- charnlele
- charnnelle
- charrnelle
- chharnelle
- chranelle
- hcarnelle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of charnelle - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "charnelle", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).