chart
/t͡ʃɑɹt/noun, verb
chart is spelled C-H-A-R-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chart means “A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chart is charts.
How many letters and syllables are in chart?
| Letters | 5: C-H-A-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 30 times per million words; the 3,161st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 chart?
Chart appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st 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 chart?
- US /t͡ʃɑɹt/
- UK /tʃɑːt/
Chart has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-chart.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with chart?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as chart from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: trach.
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 chart
- charts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- charting participle, present
- charted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chart mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
- 2
A navigator's map.
- 3
A tabular presentation of data; a table.
- 4
A diagram.
- 5
A graph.
- 6
A record of a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.
I snuck a look at his chart. It doesn't look good.
- 7
A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.
They're at the top of the charts again this week.
- 8
A written deed; a charter.
verb
- 1
To draw a chart or map of.
chart the seas
- 2
To draw or figure out (a route or plan).
Let's chart how we're going to get from here to there.
- 3
To record systematically.
- 4
To enter (medical information) into a medical record.
Did you chart the urine output yet?
- 5
To appear on a hit-recording chart.
The song has charted for 15 weeks!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chart in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | carte , graphe, diagnostiques |
| German | Karte , Diagramm, Schaubild , Hitliste, Chart , zeichnen |
| Portuguese | carta náutica , diagrama, gráfico , parada musical , mapear |
| Spanish | lista de éxitos , chart |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does chart come from?
Borrowed from Middle French charte (“card, map”), from Late Latin charta (“paper, card, map”), Latin charta (“papyrus, writing”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, thin sheet”). Doublet of card and carte; related to charter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).