charter

/[ʃaʁ.tɛʁ]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,460

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

charter is aGermannoun. It means: der Charterflug (vol charter); das Charterflugzeug (avion charter) Pronounced [ʃaʁ.tɛʁ]. Often confused with Charts and chatten.

Key facts for charter
PropertyValue
Headwordcharter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃaʁ.tɛʁ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,460
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of charter in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for charter is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃaʁ.tɛʁ]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,460 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "der Charterflug (vol charter); das Charterflugzeug (avion charter)".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for charter, with forms such as "cahrter", "ccharter", and "charetr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Charts", "chatten", "Chester", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is charter, spelled C-H-A-R-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Charterflug (vol charter); das Charterflugzeug (avion charter)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahrter,ccharter,charetr,charrter,charterr,chartre,chartter,chatrer,chharter,chrater,hcarter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for charter

Misspelling Variants of "charter"

cahrter7ccharter8charetr7charrter8charterr8chartre7chartter8chatrer7
Misspelling Variants of "charter"

Frequency rank: #40,460 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "charter"?
"charter" is spelled C-H-A-R-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃaʁ.tɛʁ].
What does "charter" mean?
As a noun, "charter" means: der Charterflug (vol charter); das Charterflugzeug (avion charter)
What words are commonly confused with "charter"?
"charter" is commonly confused with "Charts", "chatten", "Chester". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "charter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charter" is [ʃaʁ.tɛʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charter" come from?
"charter" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.