charpente

\ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t\

/\ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“charpente” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,630. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,630
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de pièces assemblées formant l’ossature porteuse d’une construction (toiture, plancher, pont), destiné à en assurer la stabilité et à supporter les charges permanentes ou variables.

Corpus desk

Index FR-charpente · charpente · French

charpente · rank #14,630 · 14 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,630
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH channel

Nearest frequency peer: channel (-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 « charpente »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « charpente » 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).

charpente vs charrette
78% similar
charpente vs charpentier
82% similar
charpente vs Charente
78% similar

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

Key facts for charpente
PropertyValue
Headwordcharpente
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t\
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,630
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « charpente »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « channel » (#14,629), « chen » (#14,631), « Chambéry » (#14,628). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « charpente » est au #14,630. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around charpente (IPA \ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,630 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for charpente, with forms such as "cahrpente", "ccharpente", and "chaprente". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "charrette", "charpentier", "Charente", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is charpente, spelled C-H-A-R-P-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de pièces assemblées formant l’ossature porteuse d’une construction (toiture, plancher, pont), destiné à en assurer la stabilité et à supporter les charges permanentes ou variables.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des parties osseuses ; ossature.
  3. 3
    Plan, structure des parties d’un ouvrage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce n’est pas tout : le sommet des tours était garni de hourds en charpente que l’on posait également en temps de guerre.
  2. Charpente de bois de chêne, de châtaignier.

This word in other languages

frame(English)Gebälk(Deutsch)carpintaria(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrpente
  • ccharpente
  • chaprente
  • charepnte
  • charpenet
  • charpennte
  • charpentte
  • charpetne
  • charpnete
  • charppente
  • charrpente
  • chharpente
  • chrapente
  • hcarpente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahrpente2ccharpente1chaprente2charepnte2charpenet2charpennte1charpentte1charpetne2
Edit distance from "charpente"

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 "charpente"?
"charpente" is spelled C-H-A-R-P-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t\.
What does "charpente" mean?
As a noun, "charpente" means: Ensemble de pièces assemblées formant l’ossature porteuse d’une construction (toiture, plancher, pont), destiné à en assurer la stabilité et à supporter les charges permanentes ou variables.
What words are commonly confused with "charpente"?
"charpente" is commonly confused with "charrette", "charpentier", "Charente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "charpente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charpente" is \ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charpente" come from?
"charpente" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

châtiment#14,632comparant#14,638conjugale#14,641conquêtes#14,642

Similar misspelling depth

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

Chambéry14 variantsconsomment14 variantsinfirmerie14 variantsrégression14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list