charton

\ʃaʁ.tɔ̃\

/\ʃaʁ.tɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“charton” is uncommon French (frequency #90,533 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,533
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de charreton, charretin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-charton · charton · French

charton · rank #90,533 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,533
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH charolaise

Nearest frequency peer: charolaise (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « charton »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « charton » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for charton
PropertyValue
Headwordcharton
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃaʁ.tɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,533
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « charton » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chartontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « charolaise » (#90,532), « Chartrain » (#90,534), « charançons » (#90,531). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « charton » est au #90,533. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

charton is uncommon French at frequency #90,533 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃaʁ.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de charreton, charretin.".

Zero misspellings are on record for charton in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is charton, spelled C-H-A-R-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de charreton, charretin.

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 "charton"?
"charton" is spelled C-H-A-R-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ.tɔ̃\.
What does "charton" mean?
As a noun, "charton" means: Variante de charreton, charretin.
How do you pronounce "charton"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charton" is \ʃaʁ.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charton" come from?
"charton" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list