# charter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/ · frequency rank #4,834

## Definitions
1. A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
2. A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
3. A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
4. The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
5. A deed (legal contract).
6. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
7. a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity

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

## Easily confused with
- **crater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charter-vs-crater)
- **chaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charter-vs-chaser)
- **chaste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charter-vs-chaste)
- **Chester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charter-vs-chester)
- **coaster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charter-vs-coaster)
- **chatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charter-vs-chatter)
- **cheater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charter-vs-cheater)
- **chatted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charter-vs-chatted)
- **Chaucer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charter-vs-chaucer)
- **clatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charter-vs-clatter)
- **chartered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charter-vs-chartered)
- **chart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chart-vs-charter)
- **cater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cater-vs-charter)
- **carte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carte-vs-charter)
- **carer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carer-vs-charter)
- **career** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/career-vs-charter)
- **charge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charge-vs-charter)
- **Carter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carter-vs-charter)
- **cartel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cartel-vs-charter)
- **carver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-charter)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cahrter`, `ccharter`, `charetr`, `charrter`, `charterr`, `chartre`, `chartter`, `chatrer`, `chharter`, `chrater`, `hcarter`

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