charte
\ʃaʁt\
The verdict
“charte” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,811 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,811
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acte écrit public ou privé de l’époque médiévale, fait et passé devant témoins et portant le plus souvent le sceau de son auteur.
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 | charte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃaʁt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “charte” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for charte is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃaʁt\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,811 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for charte, with forms such as "cahrte", "ccharte", and "charet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chat", "chute", "chère", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 charte, spelled C-H-A-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Acte écrit public ou privé de l’époque médiévale, fait et passé devant témoins et portant le plus souvent le sceau de son auteur.
- 2Acte royal solennel scellé de cire verte sur lacs de soie, exprimant la perpétuité ; une charte de franchise est celle accordée aux communes, qui leur conféraient certains droits ou privilèges.
- 3Acte fondamental qui a établi en France la monarchie constitutionnelle, en 1814, puis 1830.
- 4Règlement interne à une organisation ou à une fonction.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cahrte,ccharte,charet,charrte,chartte,chatre,chharte,chrate,hcarte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of charte - 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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Using “charte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃaʁt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “chat” - see the side-by-side comparison. charte vs chat
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.