châteaux
\ʃa.to\
The verdict
“châteaux” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,133
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de château.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chateaux · châteaux · French
châteaux · rank #9,133 · 12 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,133
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Christopher
Nearest frequency peer: Christopher (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “châteaux”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- chaises
chaises
90,871 corpus weight
- chan
chan
90,870 corpus weight
- Christopher
Christopher
90,869 corpus weight
- châteaux
châteaux
90,868 corpus weight
- ciment
ciment
90,867 corpus weight
- Cocktail
Cocktail
90,866 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “châteaux” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | châteaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.to\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “châteaux” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around châteaux (IPA \ʃa.to\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,133 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de château.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for châteaux, with forms such as "cchâteaux", "chateaux", and "chhâteaux". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "coteaux", "couteaux", "château", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is châteaux, spelled C-H-Â-T-E-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de château.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchâteaux
- chateaux
- chhâteaux
- chtâeaux
- châetaux
- châtaeux
- châteauxx
- châteaxu
- châteuax
- châtteaux
- câhteaux
- hcâteaux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of châteaux - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "châteaux", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "châteaux". Here's where to go from here.
- "châteaux" maps to 9 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "coteaux". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,133 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.