cartevsChartConfusable pair

Which to use

“carte” and “Chart” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,688
“carte” frequency rank
#25,086
“Chart” frequency rank
60774
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature carte Chart
Definition Zettel, Karton eine Liste von Hits, die nach deren Beliebtheit sortiert ist

Where the eye mixes carte and Chart

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
carte
5 ch
Chart

Why the eye confuses carte with Chart

A purely visual mix-up. carte ([kaʁt]) and Chart ([t͡ʃaʁt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

carte is recorded at frequency rank #35,688, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaʁt]. Chart is at rank #25,086, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t͡ʃaʁt].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 60774, this pair ranks #774,572 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of carte vs Chart

Shared letters: acrt. Private to "carte": e. Private to "Chart": h.

"carte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Chart" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • carteacrte · caret · carrte · cartte · catre · ccarte · crate
  • Chartcahrt · cchart · charrt · chartt · chatr · chhart · chrat · hcart

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "carte" for "Chart" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kaʁt] versus [t͡ʃaʁt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "carte" or "Chart"?
"Chart" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,086 in our German list, against #35,688 for "carte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "carte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Chart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #774,572 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "carte" and "Chart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carr vs carte". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #774,572 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list