Cholet

\ʃɔ.lɛ\

/\ʃɔ.lɛ\/ name

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The verdict

“Cholet” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,796. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,796
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de Maine-et-Loire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cholet · Cholet · French

Cholet · rank #22,796 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,796
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chlorure

Nearest frequency peer: chlorure (-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 « Cholet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Cholet » 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).

Cholet vs cole
50% similar
Cholet vs chose
50% similar
Cholet vs chope
50% similar

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

Key facts for Cholet
PropertyValue
HeadwordCholet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʃɔ.lɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,796
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Cholet »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Choletse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chlorure » (#22,795), « chiffon » (#22,794), « citerne » (#22,798). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cholet » est au #22,796. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Cholet (IPA \ʃɔ.lɛ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,796 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de Maine-et-Loire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cholet, with forms such as "ccholet", "chholet", and "chloet". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "cole", "chose", "chope", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Cholet, spelled C-H-O-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de Maine-et-Loire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En 2012, Jean-Louis Seillant, qui habite à Cholet (Maine-et-Loire), avait eu une brillante idée : collecter toutes les pubs reçues dans sa boîte aux lettres pendant une année et peser le tout.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccholet
  • chholet
  • chloet
  • choelt
  • cholett
  • chollet
  • cholte
  • cohlet
  • hcolet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccholet1chholet1chloet2choelt2cholett1chollet1cholte2cohlet2
Edit distance from "Cholet"

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 "Cholet"?
"Cholet" is spelled C-H-O-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɔ.lɛ\.
What does "Cholet" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cholet" means: Commune française, située dans le département de Maine-et-Loire.
What words are commonly confused with "Cholet"?
"Cholet" is commonly confused with "cole", "chose", "chope". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Cholet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cholet" is \ʃɔ.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cholet" come from?
"Cholet" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cheese#22,793brutus#22,785astres#22,773cruise#22,820

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

chiffon9 variantsbossent9 variantsbeurette9 variantscubaine9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list