charrette

\ʃa.ʁɛt\

/\ʃa.ʁɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“charrette” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,898
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voiture à deux roues, avec deux ridelles et deux limons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-charrette · charrette · French

charrette · rank #24,898 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,898
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chargera

Nearest frequency peer: chargera (-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 « charrette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « charrette » 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).

charrette vs charrettes
90% similar
charrette vs Charente
67% similar
charrette vs Charette
78% similar

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

Key facts for charrette
PropertyValue
Headwordcharrette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃa.ʁɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,898
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « charrette »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).charrettese 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 « chargera » (#24,897), « Chicoutimi » (#24,899), « chaperon » (#24,896). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « charrette » est au #24,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around charrette (IPA \ʃa.ʁɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,898 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for charrette, with forms such as "cahrrette", "ccharrette", and "charertte". 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, "charrettes", "Charente", "Charette", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 charrette, spelled C-H-A-R-R-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Voiture à deux roues, avec deux ridelles et deux limons.
  2. 2
    Machine pour approcher du gibier sans lui causer de crainte.
  3. 3
    Voiture hippomobile à deux ou à quatre places et généralement à deux roues.
  4. 4
    Période de travail intense.
  5. 5
    Ensemble des personnes qui subissent un licenciement collectif dans une même entreprise.
  6. 6
    Personne idiote, incapable de faire quoi que ce soit de correct.
  7. 7
    Voiture qui transportait les condamnés à l’échafaud.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous croisons une charrette qui porte huit paysans entassés; ils chantent en parties un air noble et grave comme un choral.
  2. À toute allure les autobus, les omnibus et les charrettes de commissionnaires voituraient malles et valises vers la gare ; sur les quais envahis, l’exode des hiverneurs d’élite se heurtait à la bousculade des voyageurs de toute espèce.

Synonyms

bagnolecarriolemojarvoiture

This word in other languages

cart(English)carreta(Español)Karre(Deutsch)carroça(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrrette
  • ccharrette
  • charertte
  • charrete
  • charretet
  • charrtete
  • chharrette
  • chrarette
  • hcarrette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahrrette2ccharrette1charertte2charrete1charretet2charrtete2chharrette1chrarette2
Edit distance from "charrette"

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 "charrette"?
"charrette" is spelled C-H-A-R-R-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.ʁɛt\.
What does "charrette" mean?
As a noun, "charrette" means: Voiture à deux roues, avec deux ridelles et deux limons.
What words are commonly confused with "charrette"?
"charrette" is commonly confused with "charrettes", "Charente", "Charette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "charrette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charrette" is \ʃa.ʁɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charrette" come from?
"charrette" 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 "charrette", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Chouettes#24,902coloniaux#24,911bipolaire#24,879contactée#24,920

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

chœurs9 variantscircle9 variantscloser9 variantsbayard9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list