chaudron

\ʃo.dʁɔ̃\

/\ʃo.dʁɔ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“chaudron” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,202. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,202
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie la couleur rouge-brun des vieux cuivres, en parlant surtout de la teinture des tissus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chaudron · chaudron · French

chaudron · rank #22,202 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,202
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chaudières

Nearest frequency peer: chaudières (-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 « chaudron »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chaudron » 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).

chaudron vs chausson
75% similar
chaudron vs Charon
63% similar
chaudron vs charron
75% similar

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

Key facts for chaudron
PropertyValue
Headwordchaudron
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʃo.dʁɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,202
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chaudron »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chaudières » (#22,201), « Chaumont » (#22,203), « chaleureusement » (#22,200). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chaudron » est au #22,202. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around chaudron (IPA \ʃo.dʁɔ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,202 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qualifie la couleur rouge-brun des vieux cuivres, en parlant surtout de la teinture des tissus.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for chaudron, with forms such as "cahudron", "cchaudron", and "chaduron". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "chausson", "Charon", "charron", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is chaudron, spelled C-H-A-U-D-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie la couleur rouge-brun des vieux cuivres, en parlant surtout de la teinture des tissus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La jeune fille était bien proportionnée, de taille moyenne, un peu mince et menue, mais harmonieuse de mouvements, de gestes, de courbes, et si bien prise dans sa veste chaudron ouverte sur une chemisette de soie à col aiglon, […].
  2. Là, le soir, devant sa table couverte d'un tapis péruvien, entouré de papiers vélin vert d'eau ou bleu roi, en robe de chambre chaudron, son carnet de notes et trois cahiers bien rangés près de lui […], Larbaud poursuivait le travail commencé — son travail ou ses lectures — très avant dans la nuit.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahudron
  • cchaudron
  • chaduron
  • chauddron
  • chaudorn
  • chaudrno
  • chaudronn
  • chaudrron
  • chaurdon
  • chhaudron
  • chuadron
  • hcaudron

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chaudron - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cahudron2cchaudron1chaduron2chauddron1chaudorn2chaudrno2chaudronn1chaudrron1
Edit distance from "chaudron"

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 "chaudron"?
"chaudron" is spelled C-H-A-U-D-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃo.dʁɔ̃\.
What does "chaudron" mean?
As an adjective, "chaudron" means: Qualifie la couleur rouge-brun des vieux cuivres, en parlant surtout de la teinture des tissus.
What words are commonly confused with "chaudron"?
"chaudron" is commonly confused with "chausson", "Charon", "charron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chaudron"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chaudron" is \ʃo.dʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chaudron" come from?
"chaudron" 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 "chaudron", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list