chargeant

\ʃaʁ.ʒɑ̃\

/\ʃaʁ.ʒɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“chargeant” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,756. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,756
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent du verbe charger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chargeant · chargeant · French

chargeant · rank #36,756 · 14 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,756
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chargea

Nearest frequency peer: chargea (-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 « chargeant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chargeant » 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).

chargeant vs charmant
78% similar
chargeant vs chargent
89% similar
chargeant vs chargement
80% similar

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

Key facts for chargeant
PropertyValue
Headwordchargeant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃaʁ.ʒɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#36,756
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chargeant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chargeantse 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 « chargea » (#36,755), « charter » (#36,757), « chairs » (#36,754). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chargeant » est au #36,756. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around chargeant (IPA \ʃaʁ.ʒɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,756 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent du verbe charger.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for chargeant, with forms such as "cahrgeant", "cchargeant", and "chagreant". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "charmant", "chargent", "chargement", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chargeant, spelled C-H-A-R-G-E-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent du verbe charger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les hommes s’étaient donné du courage en buvant, ou en fumant, souvent les deux à la fois. Certains d’entre eux étaient surexcités. Fanatiques, ils hurlaient comme des loups en chargeant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrgeant
  • cchargeant
  • chagreant
  • charegant
  • chargaent
  • chargeannt
  • chargeantt
  • chargeatn
  • chargenat
  • charggeant
  • charrgeant
  • chhargeant
  • chrageant
  • hcargeant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chargeant - 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.

cahrgeant2cchargeant1chagreant2charegant2chargaent2chargeannt1chargeantt1chargeatn2
Edit distance from "chargeant"

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 "chargeant"?
"chargeant" is spelled C-H-A-R-G-E-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ.ʒɑ̃\.
What does "chargeant" mean?
As a verb, "chargeant" means: Participe présent du verbe charger.
What words are commonly confused with "chargeant"?
"chargeant" is commonly confused with "charmant", "chargent", "chargement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chargeant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chargeant" is \ʃaʁ.ʒɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chargeant" come from?
"chargeant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

centurion#36,752collégien#36,765cannibale#36,746commentés#36,768

Similar misspelling depth

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

commencerai14 variantsBundestag14 variantscommutateur14 variantsBrétigny14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list