char vs Cr, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“char” is a noun and “Cr” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,983
“char” frequency rank: #21,936
“Cr” frequency rank: 53919
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	char	Cr
Definition	Fuder, Fuhre, Karren, Wagen, Fuhrwerk, Förderwagen, Hund, Hunt, Laufkatze	Chrom

Letter map: char vs Cr

Shared letters muted; letters that set char and Cr apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

char

2 ch

Grammar separator: char vs Cr

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: char is anoun and Cranabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53919, 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]. Cr is at rank #21,936, tagged as anabbrev.

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 53919, this pair ranks #1,039,177 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of char vs Cr

Shared letters: cr. Private to "char": ah. Private to "Cr": -.

"char" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "Cr" · 2 letters · shape CC

Known mistypes of this pair

char ← cahr · cchar · charr · chhar · chra · hcar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "char" for "Cr" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "char" is a noun and "Cr" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "char" or "Cr" show up more?

"Cr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,936 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.

After this comparison

Pair "char" vs "Cr" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "char" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Cr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,039,177 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"char" and "Cr" 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 #1,039,177 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.