Which to use
“cahors” and “chars” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,917
- “cahors” frequency rank
- #8,971
- “chars” frequency rank
- 34888
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cahors | chars |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vin de la région de Cahors utilisant surtout le cépage cot que l'on nomme malbec dans le Lot. | Pluriel de char. |
Where the eye mixes cahors and chars
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cahors and chars
A purely visual mix-up. cahors (\ka.ɔʁ\) and chars (\ʃaʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cahors is recorded at frequency rank #25,917, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.ɔʁ\. chars is at rank #8,971, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 34888, this pair ranks #280,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cahors vs chars
Shared letters: achrs. Private to "cahors": o. Private to "chars": -.
"cahors" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "chars" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cahors" for "chars" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cahors" vs "chars" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cahors" and "chars" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cahors" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chars" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cahors" and "chars" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cahors vs chorus". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #280,661 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.