# charger

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtʃɑːdʒə/ · frequency rank #12,200

## Definitions
1. A device that charges or recharges.
2. One who charges.
3. A large horse trained for battle and used by the cavalry.
4. A large platter.
5. A large decorative plate, sometimes used under dinner plates or other savoury-dish vessels in a multi-course meal.
6. A speed loader that holds several cartridges together in a single unit for easier loading of a firearm's magazine.
7. A rectal concealment container for prohibited material such as money, drugs and tools.
8. Synonym of hard charger (“person with a good work ethic”).

## Etymology
From Middle English chargere, equivalent to charge + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **chaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charger-vs-chaser)
- **Charles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charger-vs-charles)
- **charges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charger-vs-charges)
- **charter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charger-vs-charter)
- **chatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charger-vs-chatter)
- **Charley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charger-vs-charley)
- **charmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charger-vs-charmed)
- **charted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charger-vs-charted)
- **Chaucer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charger-vs-chaucer)
- **charmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charger-vs-charmer)
- **carer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carer-vs-charger)
- **change** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/change-vs-charger)
- **career** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/career-vs-charger)
- **charge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charge-vs-charger)
- **Carter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carter-vs-charger)
- **carver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-charger)
- **changes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changes-vs-charger)
- **changed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changed-vs-charger)
- **chapter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-charger)
- **charged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charged-vs-charger)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cahrger`, `ccharger`, `chagrer`, `charegr`, `chargerr`, `chargger`, `chargre`, `charrger`, `chharger`, `chrager`, `hcarger`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/charger