ChartvsClareWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#25,086
“Chart” frequency rank
#39,271
“Clare” frequency rank
64357
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Chart Clare
Definition eine Liste von Hits, die nach deren Beliebtheit sortiert ist ein County bzw. eine historische Grafschaft in der Provinz Ulster, Republik Irland

Letter map: Chart vs Clare

Shared letters muted; letters that set Chart and Clare apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Chart
5 ch
Clare

Part-of-speech tell for Chart / Clare

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Chart is anoun and Clareaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64357, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Chart is recorded at frequency rank #25,086, classified as anoun, pronounced [t͡ʃaʁt]. 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 64357, this pair ranks #644,419 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Chart vs Clare

Shared letters: acr. Private to "Chart": ht. Private to "Clare": el.

"Chart" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "Clare" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Chartcahrt · cchart · charrt · chartt · chatr · chhart · chrat · hcart
  • Clarecalre · cclare · clarre · cllare · clrae · lcare

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Chart" for "Clare" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Chart" is a noun and "Clare" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Chart" or "Clare"?
"Chart" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,086 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

Pair "Chart" vs "Clare" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Chart" 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 #644,419 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Chart" 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 #644,419 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