chastel

noun

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The verdict

“chastel” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,736. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,736
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit château.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chastel · chastel · French

chastel · rank #32,736 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,736
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH charron

Nearest frequency peer: charron (-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 « chastel »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chastel » 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).

chastel vs chatte
71% similar
chastel vs Châtel
57% similar
chastel vs chester
71% similar

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

Key facts for chastel
PropertyValue
Headwordchastel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,736
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chastel »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chastelse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « charron » (#32,735), « chauffant » (#32,737), « charmeur » (#32,734). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chastel » est au #32,736. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around chastel, anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,736 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Petit château.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chastel, with forms such as "cahstel", "cchastel", and "chasetl". 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, "chatte", "Châtel", "chester", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chastel, spelled C-H-A-S-T-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit château.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pres del chastel de l’altre part Par grant cunseil e par esguart Une eglise fist Elidus.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahstel
  • cchastel
  • chasetl
  • chasstel
  • chastell
  • chastle
  • chasttel
  • chatsel
  • chhastel
  • chsatel
  • hcastel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahstel2cchastel1chasetl2chasstel1chastell1chastle2chasttel1chatsel2
Edit distance from "chastel"

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 "chastel"?
"chastel" is spelled C-H-A-S-T-E-L.
What does "chastel" mean?
As a noun, "chastel" means: Petit château.
What words are commonly confused with "chastel"?
"chastel" is commonly confused with "chatte", "Châtel", "chester". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "chastel" come from?
"chastel" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

charron#32,735cessait#32,731centrés#32,730caraïbe#32,726

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

brûlait11 variantscourgette11 variantscréoles11 variantsDickens11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list