Chara

name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,702

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Chara is aFrenchname. It means: Constellation sous la queue de la Grande Ourse. Often confused with CHR and cra.

Key facts for Chara
PropertyValue
HeadwordChara
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
Letters5
Frequency rank#41,702
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Chara in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Chara is 5 letters long, classified as aname. Corpus data places it at rank #41,702 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Chara, with forms such as "cahra", "cchara", and "chaar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CHR", "cra", "cher", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Chara, spelled C-H-A-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Constellation sous la queue de la Grande Ourse.
  2. 2
    Autre nom de Beta Canum Venaticorum (β CVn / β Canum Venaticorum), la deuxième étoile la plus brillante de la constellation des Chiens de chasse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahra,cchara,chaar,charra,chhara,chraa,hcara

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Chara

Misspelling Variants of "Chara"

cahra5cchara6chaar5charra6chhara6chraa5hcara5
Misspelling Variants of "Chara"

Frequency rank: #41,702 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chara"?
"Chara" is spelled C-H-A-R-A.
What does "Chara" mean?
As a name, "Chara" means: Constellation sous la queue de la Grande Ourse.
What words are commonly confused with "Chara"?
"Chara" is commonly confused with "CHR", "cra", "cher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Chara" come from?
"Chara" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.