charges

\ʃaʁʒ\

/\ʃaʁʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“charges” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,465. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,465
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de charge.

Corpus desk

Index FR-charges · charges · French

charges · rank #2,465 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,465
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cesse

Nearest frequency peer: cesse (-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 « charges »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « charges » 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).

charges vs chars
71% similar
charges vs charte
71% similar
charges vs charme
71% similar

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

Key facts for charges
PropertyValue
Headwordcharges
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃaʁʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,465
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « charges »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chargesse 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 « cesse » (#2,464), « chiens » (#2,466), « cercle » (#2,463). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « charges » est au #2,465. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around charges (IPA \ʃaʁʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,465 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de charge.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for charges, with forms such as "cahrges", "ccharges", and "chagres". 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, "chars", "charte", "charme", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 charges, spelled C-H-A-R-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de charge.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ces décompressions sont utiles pour décoapter la colonne après le port de lourdes charges, ou après une sollicitation intense extraordinaire du dos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrges
  • ccharges
  • chagres
  • charegs
  • chargess
  • chargges
  • chargse
  • charrges
  • chharges
  • chrages
  • hcarges

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahrges2ccharges1chagres2charegs2chargess1chargges1chargse2charrges1
Edit distance from "charges"

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 "charges"?
"charges" is spelled C-H-A-R-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁʒ\.
What does "charges" mean?
As a noun, "charges" means: Pluriel de charge.
What words are commonly confused with "charges"?
"charges" is commonly confused with "chars", "charte", "charme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "charges"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charges" is \ʃaʁʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charges" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

attente#2,461accepte#2,459fenêtre#2,475fournir#2,477

Similar misspelling depth

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

voudrais11 variantsimaginer11 variantsretourne11 variantsmélange11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list