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Which to use

“carded” and “charted” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,234
“carded” frequency rank
#30,359
“charted” frequency rank
69593
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature carded charted
Definition Involving the disentangling of fibers with a carding device. Containing charts.

Letter map: carded vs charted

Shared letters muted; letters that set carded and charted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. carded runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against charted's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
carded
7 ch
charted

Pair insight - carded / charted

carded and charted are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

carded is recorded at frequency rank #39,234, classified as anadj. charted is at rank #30,359, tagged as anadj.

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 69593, this pair ranks #53,911 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of carded vs charted

Shared letters: acder. Private to "carded": -. Private to "charted": ht.

"carded" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "charted" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • carded ← acrded · cadred · cardde · cardded · cardedd · carrded · ccarded · craded
  • charted ← cahrted · ccharted · charetd · charrted · chartde · chartedd · chartted · chatred

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "carded" and "charted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "carded" vs "charted" - which ranks higher?
"charted" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,359 in our English list, against #39,234 for "carded". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "carded" and "charted".

  • Full dictionary entry for "carded" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "charted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,911 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "carded" and "charted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carded vs cased". 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 #53,911 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list