chargement

Name: chargement, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ʃaʁ.ʒə.mɑ̃\

/\ʃaʁ.ʒə.mɑ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“chargement” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,288. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,288
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de charger quelque chose dans une voiture, un camion, un navire, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chargement · chargement · French

chargement · rank #9,288 · 16 variants · 8 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,288
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH chaire

Nearest frequency peer: chaire (-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.

cam

90,716
chagrin

90,715
chaire

90,714
chargement

90,713
chères

90,712
cohésion

90,711

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chargement vs chargent

80% similar

chargement vs chèrement

80% similar

chargement vs chaudement

80% similar

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

Key facts for chargement
Property	Value
Headword	chargement
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ʃaʁ.ʒə.mɑ̃\
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#9,288
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	8
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chargement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chargementse place ici:

#9,288

#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 « chaire » (#9,287), « chères » (#9,289), « chagrin » (#9,286). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chargement » est au #9,288. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around chargement (IPA \ʃaʁ.ʒə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,288 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for chargement, with forms such as "cahrgement", "cchargement", and "chagrement". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "chargent", "chèrement", "chaudement", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chargement, spelled C-H-A-R-G-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

1
Action de charger quelque chose dans une voiture, un camion, un navire, etc.
2
Résultat de l’action de charger, marchandises ainsi chargées.
3
Action de faire constater, sur les registres de la poste, l’envoi d’une lettre, d’un paquet contenant des valeurs.
4
Ce paquet lui-même.
5
Opération qui consiste à remplir de propergol une enveloppe de propulseur à propergol solide ; par extension, le contenu de cette enveloppe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Les expéditeurs sont à leur poste ; les courtiers des grandes maisons étrangères sont sur pied. Sans beaucoup de bruit, des cours s’établissent, des transactions s’effectuent, des chargements s’accomplissent.
La Ville de Montréal annonce le début du chargement de la neige à compter de mercredi à 19 h au lendemain d’une tempête qui a laissé un manteau de blanc de quelque 15 centimètres. Près de 2200 véhicules de déneigement seront déployés pour les opérations de chargement sur les quelque 10 000 km de rues, trottoirs et pistes cyclables que compte Montréal.

Synonyms

fret cargaison

Antonyms

déchargement

This word in other languages

filling(English)cargamento(Español)Laden(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cahrgement
cchargement
chagrement
charegment
chargeemnt
chargemennt
chargementt
chargemetn
chargemment
chargemnet
charggement
chargmeent
charrgement
chhargement
chragement
hcargement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chargement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "chargement"

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 "chargement"?

"chargement" is spelled C-H-A-R-G-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ.ʒə.mɑ̃\.

What does "chargement" mean?

As a noun, "chargement" means: Action de charger quelque chose dans une voiture, un camion, un navire, etc.

What words are commonly confused with "chargement"?

"chargement" is commonly confused with "chargent", "chèrement", "chaudement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "chargement"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chargement" is \ʃaʁ.ʒə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "chargement" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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