# charade vs chard

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### charade
*noun · IPA /ʃəˈɹɑːd/ · frequency rank #32,729*
A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.

### chard
*noun · IPA /t͡ʃɑːd/ · frequency rank #41,042*
An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charade-vs-chard