Which to use
“charter” is a noun and “chartered” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,834
- “charter” frequency rank
- #11,849
- “chartered” frequency rank
- 16683
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | charter | chartered |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges. | Having a charter. |
Letter map: charter vs chartered
Shared letters muted; letters that set charter and chartered apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Part-of-speech tell for charter / chartered
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: charter is anoun and charteredanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “charter” sits inside “chartered”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
charter is recorded at frequency rank #4,834, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/. chartered is at rank #11,849, 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 16683, this pair ranks #456,198 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of charter vs chartered
Shared letters: acehrt. Private to "charter": -. Private to "chartered": d.
"charter" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "chartered" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "charter" and "chartered" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "charter" or "chartered"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "charter" and "chartered".
- Full dictionary entry for "charter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chartered" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #456,198 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "charter" and "chartered" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chambered vs chartered". 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 #456,198 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.