chaste

\ʃast\

/\ʃast\/ adj

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The verdict

“chaste” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,791
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui s'abstient des plaisirs de la chair.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chaste · chaste · French

chaste · rank #42,791 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,791
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH charabia

Nearest frequency peer: charabia (-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 « chaste »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chaste » 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).

chaste vs chat
67% similar
chaste vs chose
67% similar
chaste vs chute
67% similar

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

Key facts for chaste
PropertyValue
Headwordchaste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʃast\
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,791
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chaste »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chastese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « charabia » (#42,790), « chaumières » (#42,792), « chaland » (#42,789). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chaste » est au #42,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around chaste (IPA \ʃast\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,791 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 chaste, with forms such as "cahste", "cchaste", and "chaset". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chat", "chose", "chute", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chaste, spelled C-H-A-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui s'abstient des plaisirs de la chair.
  2. 2
    Qui ne pratique pas les amours extraconjugales.
  3. 3
    Qui pratique la chasteté.
  4. 4
    Qui est pur, éloigné de tout ce qui blesse la pudeur, la modestie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Jacques était resté, par goût d'une certaine esthétique morale, et par timidité aussi, très chaste.
  2. M. Dumas, […], dit qu'il est difficile, sinon impossible, de transporter sur la scène les rapports réels entre femmes et hommes de la vie mondaine, de peur d'effaroucher la pudeur de ces dames qui ne sont chastes que par les oreilles.

This word in other languages

celibate(English)casto(Español)keusch(Deutsch)casto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahste
  • cchaste
  • chaset
  • chasste
  • chastte
  • chatse
  • chhaste
  • chsate
  • hcaste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chaste - 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.

cahste2cchaste1chaset2chasste1chastte1chatse2chhaste1chsate2
Edit distance from "chaste"

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 "chaste"?
"chaste" is spelled C-H-A-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃast\.
What does "chaste" mean?
As an adjective, "chaste" means: Qui s'abstient des plaisirs de la chair.
What words are commonly confused with "chaste"?
"chaste" is commonly confused with "chat", "chose", "chute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chaste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chaste" is \ʃast\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chaste" come from?
"chaste" 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 "chaste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

chichi#42,794bâches#42,783conçut#42,807courut#42,809

Similar misspelling depth

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

bourrage9 variantsDemers9 variantsbarjot9 variantsDGCCRF9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list