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in charge

prepositional phrase

in charge is a prepositional phrase meaning “Having the responsibility of leading or overseeing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-C-H-A-R-G-E.

What does in charge mean?

prepositional phrase

  1. 1

    Having the responsibility of leading or overseeing.

    He left his daughter in charge of watching her younger sisters.

  2. 2

    Having the power of command or control.

    This internet browser puts you in charge of your personal settings.

  3. 3

    datedIn the care, custody or command (of someone).

    The suspect was given in charge and taken to the police station.

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

How do you pronounce in charge?

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

Words people confuse with in charge

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

in charge vs incharge0 B

Also written: incharge (one word or two).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

In charge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchresponsable, en charge de (having responsibility)
Germanverantwortlich, zuständig (having responsibility)
Portugueseincumbido, responsável, encarregado (having responsibility), no comando (having power)
Spanishencargado, responsable, a cargo (having responsibility)

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.