# Charles

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /t͡ʃɑɹlz/ · frequency rank #1,748

## Definitions
1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A hamlet in Brayford parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6832).
4. A neighbourhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
5. Synonym of Floreana: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.

## Etymology
From French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Frankish and Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“free man”); compare the English word churl and the German Kerl. In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a clipping of the original name King Charles's Island, granted in honor of Charles II of England.

## Easily confused with
- **charms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charles-vs-charms)
- **chases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charles-vs-chases)
- **Charli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charles-vs-charli)
- **Charlie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charles-vs-charlie)
- **charter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charles-vs-charter)
- **Charley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charles-vs-charley)
- **charmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charles-vs-charmed)
- **charted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charles-vs-charted)
- **charmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charles-vs-charmer)
- **cares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cares-vs-charles)
- **charge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charge-vs-charles)
- **Carlos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carlos-vs-charles)
- **cables** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cables-vs-charles)
- **chalet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chalet-vs-charles)
- **changes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/changes-vs-charles)
- **charges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charges-vs-charles)
- **charged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charged-vs-charles)
- **chances** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chances-vs-charles)
- **charger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charger-vs-charles)
- **Charlene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charlene-vs-charles)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cahrles`, `ccharles`, `chalres`, `charels`, `charless`, `charlles`, `charlse`, `charrles`, `chharles`, `chrales`, `hcarles`

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