changedvschartedConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#897
“changed” frequency rank
#30,359
“charted” frequency rank
31256
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature changed charted
Definition Having undergone a change. Containing charts.

Letter map: changed vs charted

Shared letters muted; letters that set changed and charted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
changed
7 ch
charted

Spelling & dictionary notes on changed vs charted

changed 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

changed is recorded at frequency rank #897, classified as anadj, pronounced /t͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒd/. 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 31256, this pair ranks #347,662 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of changed vs charted

Shared letters: acdeh. Private to "changed": gn. Private to "charted": rt.

"changed" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "charted" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • changedcahnged · cchanged · chagned · chanegd · changde · changedd · changged · channged
  • chartedcahrted · ccharted · charetd · charrted · chartde · chartedd · chartted · chatred

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "changed" and "charted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary English text, does "changed" or "charted" show up more?
"changed" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #897 in our English list, against #30,359 for "charted". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "changed" and "charted". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "changed" 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 #347,662 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "changed" and "charted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "charmer vs charted". 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 #347,662 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