chartered

adj

"chartered" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“chartered” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,849. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,849
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a charter.

Corpus desk

Index EN-chartered · chartered · English

chartered · rank #11,849 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,849
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH casually

Nearest frequency peer: casually (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “chartered”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “chartered” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chartered vs charter
78% similar
chartered vs catered
78% similar
chartered vs charted
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chartered
PropertyValue
Headwordchartered
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,849
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “chartered”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).charteredlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “casually” (#11,848), “chew” (#11,850), “cardboard” (#11,847). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “chartered” is #11,849. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around chartered, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,849 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for chartered, with forms such as "cahrtered", "cchartered", and "charetred". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "charter", "catered", "charted", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is chartered, spelled C-H-A-R-T-E-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having a charter.
  2. 2
    Having a charter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how chartered appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. a chartered surveyor, a chartered accountant

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrtered
  • cchartered
  • charetred
  • charrtered
  • charteerd
  • charterde
  • charteredd
  • charterred
  • chartreed
  • charttered
  • chatrered
  • chhartered
  • chratered
  • hcartered

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chartered - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cahrtered2cchartered1charetred2charrtered1charteerd2charterde2charteredd1charterred1
Edit distance from "chartered"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chartered"?
"chartered" is spelled C-H-A-R-T-E-R-E-D.
What does "chartered" mean?
As an adjective, "chartered" means: Having a charter.
What words are commonly confused with "chartered"?
"chartered" is commonly confused with "charter", "catered", "charted". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "chartered" come from?
"chartered" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chartered", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list