# charged vs Charles

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### charged
*verb · IPA /t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒd/ · frequency rank #2,382*
simple past and past participle of charge

### Charles
*name · IPA /t͡ʃɑɹlz/ · frequency rank #1,748*
A male given name from the Germanic languages.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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