charvsChöreWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#31,983
“char” frequency rank
#21,210
“Chöre” frequency rank
53193
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature char Chöre
Definition Fuder, Fuhre, Karren, Wagen, Fuhrwerk, Förderwagen, Hund, Hunt, Laufkatze Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Chor

Where the eye mixes char and Chöre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
char
5 ch
Chöre

Look-alike desk: char vs Chöre

A purely visual mix-up. char ([ʃaʁ]) and Chöre ([ˈkøːʁə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

char is recorded at frequency rank #31,983, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʃaʁ]. Chöre is at rank #21,210, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkøːʁə].

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 53193, this pair ranks #1,067,604 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of char vs Chöre

Shared letters: chr. Private to "char": a. Private to "Chöre": .

"char" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "Chöre" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • charcahr · cchar · charr · chhar · chra · hcar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "char" and "Chöre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ʃaʁ] versus [ˈkøːʁə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "char" or "Chöre"?
"Chöre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,210 in our German list, against #31,983 for "char". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "char" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Chöre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,067,604 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "char" and "Chöre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carr vs char". 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 #1,067,604 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