chargeur

\ʃaʁ.ʒœʁ\

/\ʃaʁ.ʒœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“chargeur” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,012. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,012
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui charge des marchandises ou autres fardeaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chargeur · chargeur · French

chargeur · rank #11,012 · 12 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,012
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cessent

Nearest frequency peer: cessent (-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 « chargeur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chargeur » 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).

chargeur vs charmer
75% similar
chargeur vs charter
75% similar
chargeur vs chargez
75% similar

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

Key facts for chargeur
PropertyValue
Headwordchargeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃaʁ.ʒœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,012
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chargeur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chargeurse 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 « cessent » (#11,011), « Charleroi » (#11,013), « casier » (#11,010). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chargeur » est au #11,012. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around chargeur (IPA \ʃaʁ.ʒœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,012 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for chargeur, with forms such as "cahrgeur", "cchargeur", and "chagreur". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "charmer", "charter", "chargez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 chargeur, spelled C-H-A-R-G-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui charge des marchandises ou autres fardeaux.
  2. 2
    Celui à qui appartient tout ou partie d’une cargaison.
  3. 3
    Celui qui charge une pièce.
  4. 4
    Magasin mobile contenant des cartouches destinées aux fusils à tir rapide ou aux pistolets.
  5. 5
    Transformateur et câble électriques, destiné à charger la batterie de certains appareils.
  6. 6
    Appareil destiné à charger des piles rechargeables (accumulateurs).
  7. 7
    Engin de travaux publics, sur pneus, équipé d’un godet et spécialisé pour le chargement et la manutention des produits pulvérulents.
  8. 8
    Ouvrier aux tailles qui charge le charbon dans les wagonets qui l’emportent, par les galeries de roulage, vers le puits d’extraction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chargeur de bois, chargeur de charbon.
  2. Il avait l’expérience du feu, avait combattu en 39-40, il occupait la fonction de tireur, j’étais, moi, ce jour-là, chargeur, je devais alimenter le fusil-mitrailleur en éjectant le chargeur vide pour en introduire et en verrouiller aussitôt un autre, plein, afin que le tir soit pratiquement ininterrompu.

Synonyms

chouleur

This word in other languages

loader(English)cargador(Español)Ladegerät(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrgeur
  • cchargeur
  • chagreur
  • charegur
  • chargeru
  • chargeurr
  • charggeur
  • charguer
  • charrgeur
  • chhargeur
  • chrageur
  • hcargeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahrgeur2cchargeur1chagreur2charegur2chargeru2chargeurr1charggeur1charguer2
Edit distance from "chargeur"

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 "chargeur"?
"chargeur" is spelled C-H-A-R-G-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ.ʒœʁ\.
What does "chargeur" mean?
As a noun, "chargeur" means: Celui qui charge des marchandises ou autres fardeaux.
What words are commonly confused with "chargeur"?
"chargeur" is commonly confused with "charmer", "charter", "chargez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chargeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chargeur" is \ʃaʁ.ʒœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chargeur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

calvaire#11,007cabinets#11,006conduits#11,019confondu#11,020

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

barbares12 variantsdesquels12 variantsenchaîne12 variantsespérait12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list