charged

/t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒd/

//t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒd// verb

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"charged" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“charged” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,382. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,382
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of charge

Corpus desk

Index EN-charged · charged · English

charged · rank #2,382 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,382
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH champion

Nearest frequency peer: champion (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “charged”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “charged” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

charged vs chased
71% similar
charged vs Charles
57% similar
charged vs charges
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for charged
PropertyValue
Headwordcharged
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒd/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,382
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “charged”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).chargedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “champion” (#2,381), “cream” (#2,383), “begins” (#2,380). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “charged” is #2,382. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around charged (IPA /t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,382 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of charge".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for charged, with forms such as "cahrged", "ccharged", and "chagred". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chased", "Charles", "charges", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is charged, spelled C-H-A-R-G-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of charge

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how charged appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrged
  • ccharged
  • chagred
  • charegd
  • chargde
  • chargedd
  • chargged
  • charrged
  • chharged
  • chraged
  • hcarged

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of charged - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cahrged2ccharged1chagred2charegd2chargde2chargedd1chargged1charrged1
Edit distance from "charged"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "charged"?
"charged" is spelled C-H-A-R-G-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒd/.
What does "charged" mean?
As a verb, "charged" means: simple past and past participle of charge
What words are commonly confused with "charged"?
"charged" is commonly confused with "chased", "Charles", "charges". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "charged"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charged" is /t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charged" come from?
"charged" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "charged", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

kingdom11 variantsmoments11 variantsremained11 variantsserving11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list