Châteauroux
\ʃa.to.ʁu\
The verdict
“Châteauroux” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,516. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,516
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chef-lieu de département situé dans le département de l’Indre, en France.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chateauroux · Châteauroux · French
Châteauroux · rank #24,516 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,516
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chefferie
Nearest frequency peer: chefferie (-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 « Châteauroux »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- chantée
chantée
75,488 corpus weight
- charitable
charitable
75,487 corpus weight
- chefferie
chefferie
75,486 corpus weight
- Châteauroux
Châteauroux
75,485 corpus weight
- cloison
cloison
75,483 corpus weight
- codage
codage
75,482 corpus weight
What this shows « Châteauroux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Châteauroux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.to.ʁu\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #24,516 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Châteauroux »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Châteauroux (IPA \ʃa.to.ʁu\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #24,516 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Châteauroux, with forms such as "cchâteauroux", "chateauroux", and "chhâteauroux". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Châteauroux, spelled C-H-Â-T-E-A-U-R-O-U-X.
Definition
- 1Chef-lieu de département situé dans le département de l’Indre, en France.
- 2Ancien nom de Châteauroux-les-Alpes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Châteauroux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bassin entier de la Brenne, à l'ouest de la route de Châteauroux à Lothiers, est notablement plus bas que les plateaux correspondants des bords de l'Indre ou de la Creuse.
Nos mobilisés sont atrocement logés à Châteauroux dans une usine infecte, ouverte à tous les vents. Les chefs sont à l’abri et disent qu’il faut aguerrir ces enfants gâtés.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchâteauroux
- chateauroux
- chhâteauroux
- chtâeauroux
- châetauroux
- châtaeuroux
- châtearuoux
- châteauorux
- châteaurouxx
- châteauroxu
- châteaurroux
- châteauruox
- châteuaroux
- châtteauroux
- câhteauroux
- hcâteauroux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Châteauroux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).