Chara

name

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The verdict

“Chara” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,702. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,702
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Constellation sous la queue de la Grande Ourse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chara · Chara · French

Chara · rank #41,702 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,702
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chantons

Nearest frequency peer: chantons (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Chara »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Chara » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

Chara vs CHR
20% similar
Chara vs cra
40% similar
Chara vs cher
40% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Chara »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Charase place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chantons » (#41,701), « chassez » (#41,703), « chantais » (#41,700). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Chara » est au #41,702. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Chara, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,702 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Chara, with forms such as "cahra", "cchara", and "chaar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CHR", "cra", "cher", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Chara, spelled C-H-A-R-A.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. ASTÉRION & CHARA, sont des termes d’Astronomie, & signifient les noms des Chiens de chasse qu’on voit sous la queue de la Grande ourse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahra
  • cchara
  • chaar
  • charra
  • chhara
  • chraa
  • hcara

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Chara - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cahra2cchara1chaar2charra1chhara1chraa2hcara2
Edit distance from "Chara"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chara"?
"Chara" is spelled C-H-A-R-A.
What does "Chara" mean?
As a proper noun, "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

casas#41,694camel#41,690boxes#41,683Corot#41,721

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

billon7 variantsdoper7 variantsaxées7 variantsAsher7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list