charge

/\ʃaʁʒ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#786

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

charge is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ce qui pèse. Pronounced \ʃaʁʒ\. It ranks #786 in French word frequency. Often confused with chère and chars.

Key facts for charge
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Headwordcharge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃaʁʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#786
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for charge is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃaʁʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #786 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 26 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for charge, with forms such as "cahrge", "ccharge", and "chagre". 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, "chère", "chars", "chase", 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 charge, spelled C-H-A-R-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui pèse.
  2. 2
    Fardeau, faix, ce que porte une personne, un animal, un bâtiment, etc.
  3. 3
    Poids, mesure ou quantité déterminée de certaines choses.
  4. 4
    Dépense, frais.
  5. 5
    Dépense, frais.
  6. 6
    Dépense, frais.
  7. 7
    Dépense, frais.
  8. 8
    Dépense, frais.
  9. 9
    Magistrature, dignité ou fonction publique.
  10. 10
    Office qu’on achetait au roi.
  11. 11
    Action de charger quelqu’un de faire quelque chose : commission, ordre qu’on donne à quelqu’un.
  12. 12
    Caricature, représentation exagérée, imitation bouffonne.
  13. 13
    Exagération volontaire et comique.
  14. 14
    Traits forcés à dessein par lesquels une personne en contrefait une autre.
  15. 15
    Substance solide, non miscible, introduite dans un mélange pour lui donner certaines qualités.
  16. 16
    Preuve ou indice qui s’élève contre un accusé.
  17. 17
    Tout ce qui apparaît sur le champ de l’écu.
  18. 18
    Action de charger un navire.
  19. 19
    Force appliquée en un point (charge ponctuelle), force appliquée sur une surface (charge continue).
  20. 20
    Quantité de minerai et de charbon que l’on jette à la fois dans un fourneau.
  21. 21
    Attaque impétueuse d’une troupe.
  22. 22
    Attaque.
  23. 23
    Ce qu’on met de poudre et de plomb, etc., dans une arme à feu, un canon, une fusée, un pétard,… pour tirer un coup.
  24. 24
    Action de charger un fusil.
  25. 25
    Quantité d’électricité dans un corps (positive ou négative) interprétée par une déficience ou un excès en électrons. Par extension, toute propriété quantique, comme la charge de couleur.
  26. 26
    Quantité d’alcool absorbée par quelqu’un.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahrge,ccharge,chagre,chareg,chargge,charrge,chharge,chrage,hcarge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for charge

Misspelling Variants of "charge"

cahrge6ccharge7chagre6chareg6chargge7charrge7chharge7chrage6
Misspelling Variants of "charge"

Frequency rank: #786 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "charge"?
"charge" is spelled C-H-A-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁʒ\.
What does "charge" mean?
As a noun, "charge" means: Ce qui pèse.
What words are commonly confused with "charge"?
"charge" is commonly confused with "chère", "chars", "chase". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "charge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charge" is \ʃaʁʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charge" come from?
"charge" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.