Charonne

\ʃa.ʁɔn\

/\ʃa.ʁɔn\/ name

The verdict

“Charonne” is uncommon French (frequency #55,133 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,133
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien village rattaché à Paris en 1860.

Corpus desk

Index FR-charonne · Charonne · French

Charonne · rank #55,133 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,133
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH charlatanisme

Nearest frequency peer: charlatanisme (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Charonne »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Charonne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Charonne
PropertyValue
HeadwordCharonne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʃa.ʁɔn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,133
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Charonne » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Charonnetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « charlatanisme » (#55,132), « chaudasse » (#55,134), « charentais » (#55,131). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Charonne » est au #55,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Charonne is uncommon French at frequency #55,133 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃa.ʁɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien village rattaché à Paris en 1860.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Charonne in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Charonne, spelled C-H-A-R-O-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien village rattaché à Paris en 1860.

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 "Charonne"?
"Charonne" is spelled C-H-A-R-O-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.ʁɔn\.
What does "Charonne" mean?
As a proper noun, "Charonne" means: Ancien village rattaché à Paris en 1860.
How do you pronounce "Charonne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Charonne" is \ʃa.ʁɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Charonne" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list