chartre
\ʃaʁtʁ\
The verdict
“chartre” is uncommon French (frequency #89,518 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,518
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prison. — Note d’usage : Ne subsiste plus que dans l'expression tenir quelqu’un en chartre privée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chartre · chartre · French
chartre · rank #89,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,518
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Charbonnel
Nearest frequency peer: Charbonnel (-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 « chartre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Chapais
Chapais
10,485 corpus weight
- Charbonnel
Charbonnel
10,484 corpus weight
- chartre
chartre
10,483 corpus weight
- Chasles
Chasles
10,482 corpus weight
- chaviste
chaviste
10,481 corpus weight
- checké
checké
10,479 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chartre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chartre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃaʁtʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chartre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chartre is uncommon French at frequency #89,518 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃaʁtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chartre, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chartre, spelled C-H-A-R-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Prison. — Note d’usage : Ne subsiste plus que dans l'expression tenir quelqu’un en chartre privée.
- 2Lieu propre à mettre quelque chose en sûreté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chartre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les dames aiment la plupart du temps un homme de valeur en sorte qu’elles veulent l’avoir toutes seules. Elles le mettraient volontiers en chartre privée, si leur vanité ne les en dissuadait: celle-ci veut qu’à d’autres aussi il paraisse un homme de valeur
De son étui la couronne est tirée: Dans une chartre un dragon la gardait. Il se trouva que, sur tous essayée, A pas un d’eux elle ne convenait:..
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).