neufchâtel
\nø.ʃa.tɛl\
The verdict
“neufchâtel” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,069. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,069
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fromage au lait de vache, à pâte molle et en forme de cœur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-neufchatel · neufchâtel · French
neufchâtel · rank #48,069 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #48,069
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH naïves
Nearest frequency peer: naïves (-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 « neufchâtel »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- narcotiques
narcotiques
51,934 corpus weight
- naïves
naïves
51,933 corpus weight
- neufchâtel
neufchâtel
51,932 corpus weight
- neutralisée
neutralisée
51,931 corpus weight
- nichée
nichée
51,930 corpus weight
- numériser
numériser
51,929 corpus weight
What this shows « neufchâtel » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | neufchâtel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nø.ʃa.tɛl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #48,069 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « neufchâtel »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around neufchâtel (IPA \nø.ʃa.tɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,069 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fromage au lait de vache, à pâte molle et en forme de cœur.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for neufchâtel, with forms such as "enufchâtel", "nefuchâtel", and "neucfhâtel". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Neuchâtel", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 neufchâtel, spelled N-E-U-F-C-H-Â-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1Fromage au lait de vache, à pâte molle et en forme de cœur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how neufchâtel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
les neufchâtels, les limbourgs, les marolles, les pont-l’évêque, carrés, mettant chacun leur note aiguë et particulière dans cette phrase rude jusqu’à la nausée
Le camembert fait partie de la famille des fromages à pâte molle, sous section croûte fleurie. On retrouve dans cette famille le coulommiers, le bric, le carré de l'Est, le chaource, le saint-marcellin et, en Normandie, le neufchâtel et le gournay.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enufchâtel
- nefuchâtel
- neucfhâtel
- neufcchâtel
- neufchatel
- neufchhâtel
- neufchtâel
- neufchâetl
- neufchâtell
- neufchâtle
- neufchâttel
- neufcâhtel
- neuffchâtel
- neufhcâtel
- nneufchâtel
- nuefchâtel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of neufchâtel - 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.
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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).