chaptervscharterTell them apart

Which to use

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

#33,513
“chapter” frequency rank
#40,460
“charter” frequency rank
73973
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chapter charter
Definition Abschnitt eines Buches; Kapitel der Charterflug (vol charter); das Charterflugzeug (avion charter)

Letter map: chapter vs charter

Shared letters muted; letters that set chapter and charter apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

7 ch
chapter
7 ch
charter

Corpus notes: chapter and charter

chapter and charter are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - p in “chapter” becomes r in “charter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chapter is recorded at frequency rank #33,513, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. charter is at rank #40,460, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʃaʁ.tɛʁ].

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 73973, this pair ranks #345,912 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of chapter vs charter

Shared letters: acehrt. Private to "chapter": p. Private to "charter": -.

"chapter" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "charter" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chaptercahpter · cchapter · chapetr · chappter · chapterr · chaptre · chaptter · chatper
  • chartercahrter · ccharter · charetr · charrter · charterr · chartre · chartter · chatrer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "chapter" for "charter" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - p in “chapter” becomes r in “charter”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "chapter" vs "charter" - which ranks higher?
"chapter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,513 in our German list, against #40,460 for "charter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "chapter" and "charter". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "chapter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "charter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #345,912 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chapter" and "charter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chapter vs puzzles". 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 #345,912 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