chaptervschartedWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: chapter is a noun, charted is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“chapter” is a noun and “charted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,245
“chapter” frequency rank
#30,359
“charted” frequency rank
32604
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chapter charted
Definition One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book. Containing charts.

Letter map: chapter vs charted

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

7 ch
chapter
7 ch
charted

Role in the sentence - chapter and charted

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: chapter is anoun and chartedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chapter is recorded at frequency rank #2,245, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈt͡ʃæptə(r)/. 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 32604, this pair ranks #336,421 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chapter vs charted

Shared letters: acehrt. Private to "chapter": p. Private to "charted": d.

"chapter" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "charted" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chaptercahpter · cchapter · chapetr · chappter · chapterr · chaptre · chaptter · chatper
  • chartedcahrted · ccharted · charetd · charrted · chartde · chartedd · chartted · chatred

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chapter" and "charted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "chapter" is a noun and "charted" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "chapter" or "charted" show up more?
"chapter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,245 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "chapter" 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 #336,421 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chapter" 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 #336,421 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