charte

\ʃaʁt\

/\ʃaʁt\/ noun

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The verdict

“charte” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,811. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,811
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.

Corpus desk

Index FR-charte · charte · French

charte · rank #2,811 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,811
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH automobile

Nearest frequency peer: automobile (-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 « charte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « charte » 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).

charte vs chat
67% similar
charte vs chute
67% similar
charte vs chère
67% similar

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

Key facts for charte
PropertyValue
Headwordcharte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃaʁt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,811
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « charte »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).chartese 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 « automobile » (#2,810), « Christian » (#2,812), « atelier » (#2,809). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « charte » est au #2,811. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around charte (IPA \ʃaʁt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,811 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Acte écrit public ou privé de l’époque médiévale, fait et passé devant témoins et portant le plus souvent le sceau de son auteur.
  2. 2
    Acte 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.
  3. 3
    Acte fondamental qui a établi en France la monarchie constitutionnelle, en 1814, puis 1830.
  4. 4
    Règlement interne à une organisation ou à une fonction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il trouvait aux Archives, non pas seulement les papiers administratifs des derniers siècles, mais les chartes du moyen âge. Il les fallait lire, il en fallait déchiffrer l’écriture, distinguer les formules, déterminer les dates.
  2. Notre cité ne figure dans aucune des chartes de l'époque mérovingienne, dans aucune des donations des princes carolingiens.

This word in other languages

charter(English)Charta(Deutsch)

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.

cahrte2ccharte1charet2charrte1chartte1chatre2chharte1chrate2
Edit distance from "charte"

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 "charte"?
"charte" is spelled C-H-A-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁt\.
What does "charte" mean?
As a noun, "charte" means: Acte écrit public ou privé de l’époque médiévale, fait et passé devant témoins et portant le plus souvent le sceau de son auteur.
What words are commonly confused with "charte"?
"charte" is commonly confused with "chat", "chute", "chère". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "charte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charte" is \ʃaʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charte" come from?
"charte" 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 "charte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

établi#2,805salles#2,798relève#2,795pousse#2,793

Similar misspelling depth

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

atelier9 variantsdonnant9 variantssuicide9 variantspardon9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list