charmingvschartingTell them apart

Quick tell: charming is a adjective, charting is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#6,341
“charming” frequency rank
#22,924
“charting” frequency rank
29265
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature charming charting
Definition Pleasant, charismatic. The act by which something is charted.

Letter map: charming vs charting

Shared letters muted; letters that set charming and charting apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.

8 ch
charming
8 ch
charting

Grammar separator: charming vs charting

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: charming is anadjective and chartinganoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - m in “charming” becomes t in “charting”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

charming is recorded at frequency rank #6,341, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈtʃɑː(ɹ).mɪŋ/. charting is at rank #22,924, tagged as anoun.

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 29265, this pair ranks #364,421 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of charming vs charting

Shared letters: acghinr. Private to "charming": m. Private to "charting": t.

"charming" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC  ·  "charting" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • charmingcahrming · ccharming · chamring · charimng · charmign · charmingg · charminng · charmming
  • chartingcahrting · ccharting · charitng · charrting · chartign · chartingg · chartinng · chartnig

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "charming" and "charting" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "charming" is an adjective and "charting" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "charming" vs "charting" - which ranks higher?
"charming" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,341 in our English list, against #22,924 for "charting". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "charming" and "charting".

  • Full dictionary entry for "charming" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "charting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #364,421 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "charming" and "charting" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chaining vs charting". 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 #364,421 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