chars

\ʃaʁ\

/\ʃaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“chars” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,971
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-chars · chars · French

chars · rank #8,971 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,971
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chanteurs

Nearest frequency peer: chanteurs (-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 « chars »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chars » 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).

chars vs CRS
0% similar
chars vs CHR
0% similar
chars vs cher
60% similar

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

Key facts for chars
PropertyValue
Headwordchars
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃaʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,971
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chars »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).charsse 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 « chanteurs » (#8,970), « Chloé » (#8,972), « changes » (#8,969). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chars » est au #8,971. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around chars (IPA \ʃaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,971 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de char.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chars, with forms such as "cahrs", "cchars", and "charrs". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CRS", "CHR", "cher", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chars, spelled C-H-A-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de char.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il importe donc que celles-ci puissent ouvrir le feu rapidement sur des chars qui auraient progressé sur leurs flancs ou même les attaqueraient par l’arrière sans avoir à débêcher et à changer leur affût de place, quelque rapide que puisse être cette manœuvre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrs
  • cchars
  • charrs
  • charss
  • chasr
  • chhars
  • chras
  • hcars

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahrs2cchars1charrs1charss1chasr2chhars1chras2hcars2
Edit distance from "chars"

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 "chars"?
"chars" is spelled C-H-A-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ\.
What does "chars" mean?
As a noun, "chars" means: Pluriel de char.
What words are commonly confused with "chars"?
"chars" is commonly confused with "CRS", "CHR", "cher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chars"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chars" is \ʃaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chars" come from?
"chars" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Chloé#8,972clown#8,974bouts#8,966Allen#8,958

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Audrey8 variantsaident8 variantstrêve8 variantstoiles8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list