ChargevsClareTell them apart

Quick tell: Charge is a noun, Clare is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Charge” is a noun and “Clare” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,588
“Charge” frequency rank
#39,271
“Clare” frequency rank
67859
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Charge Clare
Definition ein Teilbestand an Produkten, die in einem Produktionsgang gefertigt worden sind und damit identische Merkmale in Bezug auf den Fertigungszeitpunkt und die Produktqualität aufweisen ein County bzw. eine historische Grafschaft in der Provinz Ulster, Republik Irland

Letter map: Charge vs Clare

Shared letters muted; letters that set Charge and Clare apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
Charge
5 ch
Clare

Role in the sentence - Charge and Clare

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Charge is anoun and Clareaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Charge is recorded at frequency rank #28,588, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃaʁʒə]. Clare is at rank #39,271, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 67859, this pair ranks #526,468 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Charge vs Clare

Shared letters: acer. Private to "Charge": gh. Private to "Clare": l.

"Charge" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "Clare" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Chargecahrge · ccharge · chagre · chareg · chargge · charrge · chharge · chrage
  • Clarecalre · cclare · clarre · cllare · clrae · lcare

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Charge" for "Clare" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Charge" is a noun and "Clare" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Charge" or "Clare" show up more?
"Charge" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,588 in our German list, against #39,271 for "Clare". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Charge" and "Clare".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Charge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Clare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #526,468 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Charge" and "Clare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Clare 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 #526,468 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