charrette

/\ʃa.ʁɛt\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,898

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

charrette is aFrenchnoun. It means: Voiture à deux roues, avec deux ridelles et deux limons. Pronounced \ʃa.ʁɛt\. Often confused with charrettes and Charente.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of charrette in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for charrette is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃa.ʁɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,898 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for charrette, with forms such as "cahrrette", "ccharrette", and "charertte". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "charrettes", "Charente", "Charette", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is charrette, spelled C-H-A-R-R-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahrrette,ccharrette,charertte,charrete,charretet,charrtete,chharrette,chrarette,hcarrette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for charrette

Misspelling Variants of "charrette"

cahrrette9ccharrette10charertte9charrete8charretet9charrtete9chharrette10chrarette9
Misspelling Variants of "charrette"

Frequency rank: #24,898 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.