chargée

\ʃaʁ.ʒe\

/\ʃaʁ.ʒe\/ noun

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The verdict

“chargée” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,739. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,739
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui est responsable d’une charge. Ne s’utilise guère que dans les expressions :

Corpus desk

Index FR-chargee · chargée · French

chargée · rank #3,739 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,739
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouge

Nearest frequency peer: bouge (-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 « chargée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chargée » 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).

chargée vs charte
71% similar
chargée vs charme
71% similar
chargée vs Charles
43% similar

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

Key facts for chargée
PropertyValue
Headwordchargée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃaʁ.ʒe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,739
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chargée »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bouge » (#3,738), « cherchent » (#3,740), « avocats » (#3,737). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chargée » est au #3,739. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around chargée (IPA \ʃaʁ.ʒe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,739 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Celle qui est responsable d’une charge. Ne s’utilise guère que dans les expressions :".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chargée, with forms such as "cahrgée", "cchargée", and "chagrée". 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, "charte", "charme", "Charles", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chargée, spelled C-H-A-R-G-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui est responsable d’une charge. Ne s’utilise guère que dans les expressions :

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chargée de famille.
  2. Chargée d’affaires.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrgée
  • cchargée
  • chagrée
  • chargee
  • chargeé
  • charggée
  • charrgée
  • charége
  • chhargée
  • chragée
  • hcargée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chargée - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cahrgée2cchargée1chagrée2chargee1chargeé2charggée1charrgée1charége2
Edit distance from "chargée"

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 "chargée"?
"chargée" is spelled C-H-A-R-G-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ.ʒe\.
What does "chargée" mean?
As a noun, "chargée" means: Celle qui est responsable d’une charge. Ne s’utilise guère que dans les expressions :
What words are commonly confused with "chargée"?
"chargée" is commonly confused with "charte", "charme", "Charles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chargée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chargée" is \ʃaʁ.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chargée" come from?
"chargée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

avocats#3,737choisis#3,741arrivés#3,735croyais#3,747

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

attendais11 variantsamateurs11 variantsétonnant11 variantsenseigne11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list