Which to use
“carte” is a noun and “chaste” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,487
- “carte” frequency rank
- #36,921
- “chaste” frequency rank
- 60408
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carte | chaste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A bill of fare; a menu. | Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly |
Where the eye mixes carte and chaste
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. carte runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against chaste's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: carte vs chaste
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: carte is /kɑː(ɹ)t/ while chaste is /t͡ʃeɪst/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carte is recorded at frequency rank #23,487, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɑː(ɹ)t/. chaste is at rank #36,921, tagged as anadj, pronounced /t͡ʃeɪst/.
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 60408, this pair ranks #100,360 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of carte vs chaste
Shared letters: acet. Private to "carte": r. Private to "chaste": hs.
"carte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "chaste" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "carte" for "chaste" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "carte" or "chaste" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "carte" and "chaste" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "carte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,360 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carte" and "chaste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chaise vs chaste". 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 #100,360 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.