Which to use
“cha” and “chah” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,331
- “cha” frequency rank
- #47,782
- “chah” frequency rank
- 60113
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cha | chah |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vingt-sixième lettre de l’alphabet cyrillique, ш. | Titre des monarques de Perse, puis de l’Iran. |
Same sound, different letters: cha vs chah
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - cha / chah
This is the hard kind. cha and chah are pronounced identically (\ʃa\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cha” sits inside “chah”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cha is recorded at frequency rank #12,331, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃa\. chah is at rank #47,782, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃa\.
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 60113, this pair ranks #99,399 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cha vs chah
Shared letters: ach. Private to "cha": -. Private to "chah": -.
"cha" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "chah" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chah ← cahh · cchah · chahh · chha · chhah · hcah
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cha" and "chah" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cha" vs "chah" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "cha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chah" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,399 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cha" and "chah" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCAS vs chah". 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 #99,399 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.