chare
/t͡ʃɛɹ/noun, verb
chare is spelled C-H-A-R-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chare means “Alternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker")” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chare is chares.
How many letters and syllables are in chare?
| Letters | 5: C-H-A-R-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 42 million words; the 199,120th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is chare?
Chare appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce chare?
- UK /t͡ʃɛə/
- US /t͡ʃɛɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with chare
Sounds like: chair (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with chare?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as chare from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reach, arche, acher.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of chare
- chares plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- char
- chore
- charing participle, present
- chared participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chare mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker").
- 2
A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.
verb
- 1
To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs; to char.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does chare come from?
From Middle English chare, variant (due to the verb form charen) of char, cher (“a turn”), from Old English ċierr, ċerr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn, sweep”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to turn, bend”). More at char.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).