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charter

char·ter/ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ/noun, adjective, verb

charter is spelled C-H-A-R-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (char·ter). It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, charter means “A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of charter is charters.

How many letters and syllables are in charter?

Letters7: C-H-A-R-T-E-R
Syllables2: char·ter
In writing17 times per million words; the 4,838th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 charter?

Charter appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th 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 charter?

  • UK /ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/
  • US /ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ/

Charter has 2 syllables, split char·ter in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-charter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with charter?

5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as charter from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹtəɹ/):

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 charter

  • charters plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • chartering participle, present
  • chartered participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does charter mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.

  2. 2

    A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.

  3. 3

    A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.

  4. 4

    The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.

  5. 5

    A deed (legal contract).

  6. 6

    A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.

  7. 7

    UKderogatorya provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity

adjective

  1. 1

    Leased or hired.

verb

  1. 1

    To grant or establish a charter.

  2. 2

    To lease or hire something by charter.

  3. 3

    Canada(of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate charter?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of charter: chtr..

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Charter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcharte (document creating an institution, and defining…)
GermanCharta (document creating an institution, and defining…)
Portugueseprocuração (document creating an institution, and defining…), carta, alvará (document conferring rights and privileges on a…), frete (temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle), fretar (to lease or hire something by charter)
Spanishcarta fundacional, tratado fundador (document creating an institution, and defining…), fletamento, flete, alquilado (temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle)

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 charter come from?

From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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