chalé
/ʃa.ˈlɛ/
The verdict
“chalé” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,246. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,246
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - casa campestre de madeira ao estilo alpino, normalmente em região montanhosa, cujo telhado apresenta forte caimento e beirais avançados
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 | chalé |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃa.ˈlɛ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #23,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chalé” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around chalé (IPA /ʃa.ˈlɛ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,246 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "casa campestre de madeira ao estilo alpino, normalmente em região montanhosa, cujo telhado apresenta forte caimento e beirais avançados".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for chalé, with forms such as "cahlé", "cchalé", and "challé". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "che", "chão", "chat", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is chalé, spelled C-H-A-L-É.
Definition
- 1casa campestre de madeira ao estilo alpino, normalmente em região montanhosa, cujo telhado apresenta forte caimento e beirais avançados
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cahlé
- cchalé
- challé
- chaél
- chhalé
- chlaé
- hcalé
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chalé - 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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “chalé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-A-L-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʃa.ˈlɛ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “che” - see the side-by-side comparison. chalé vs che
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.