# charm

> English word · Noun · IPA /tʃɑːm/ · frequency rank #5,863

## Definitions
1. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
2. The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.
3. A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
4. The collective noun for a group of goldfinches.
5. A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
6. A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
7. An icon providing quick access to a command or setting.

## Etymology
From Middle English charme, from Old French charme (“chant, magic spell”), from Latin carmen (“song, incantation”).

## Easily confused with
- **CRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-crm)
- **CHR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-chr)
- **chat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-chat)
- **chem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-chem)
- **Cher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-cher)
- **clam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-clam)
- **cram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-cram)
- **Chas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-chas)
- **czar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-czar)
- **chum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-chum)
- **Chaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-chaz)
- **Chau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-chau)
- **claim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-claim)
- **chart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-chart)
- **chase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-chase)
- **Clark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-clark)
- **Clara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-clara)
- **chord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-chord)
- **Clare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-clare)
- **chats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charm-vs-chats)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cahrm`, `ccharm`, `chamr`, `charmm`, `charrm`, `chharm`, `chram`, `hcarm`

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