châtelaine
\ʃɑ.tlɛn\
The verdict
“châtelaine” is uncommon French (frequency #52,567 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,567
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Résidente d’un château de plaisance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chatelaine · châtelaine · French
châtelaine · rank #52,567 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,567
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chérubins
Nearest frequency peer: chérubins (+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 « châtelaine »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- champenoise
champenoise
47,438 corpus weight
- chas
chas
47,437 corpus weight
- chicha
chicha
47,436 corpus weight
- châtelaine
châtelaine
47,434 corpus weight
- chérubins
chérubins
47,433 corpus weight
- cinoche
cinoche
47,431 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « châtelaine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | châtelaine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ.tlɛn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « châtelaine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
châtelaine is uncommon French at frequency #52,567 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɑ.tlɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
châtelaine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 châtelaine, spelled C-H-Â-T-E-L-A-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Résidente d’un château de plaisance.
- 2Épouse d’un châtelain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how châtelaine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Son corps avait la verdeur que nous admirons dans les feuilles nouvellement dépliées, son esprit avait la profonde concision du sauvage ; elle était enfant par le sentiment, grave par la souffrance, châtelaine et bachelette.
Les vastes salles des vieux châteaux me font peur, et je plains les châtelaines d’avoir été contraintes à faire l’amour dans de grands dortoirs qui avaient un air de cimetière, dans de vastes catafalques qui se faisaient appeler des lits, sur de gros monuments qui prenaient le pseudonyme de fauteuils.
This word in other languages
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 "châtelaine"?
What does "châtelaine" mean?
How do you pronounce "châtelaine"?
What language does "châtelaine" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "châtelaine", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).