Which to use
“chaire” is a noun and “chaque” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,287
- “chaire” frequency rank
- #210
- “chaque” frequency rank
- 9497
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaire | chaque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de tribune élevée et ordinairement surmontée d’un dais ou baldaquin dans laquelle se place le prêtre ou le pasteur pour prêcher, pour faire quelque lecture aux assistants, etc. | Déterminant distributif, qui se place toujours avant le nom et n’a pas de pluriel. Se dit d’une personne, d’une chose qui fait partie d’un tout, d’un ensemble. |
Where the eye mixes chaire and chaque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: chaire vs chaque
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chaire is \ʃɛʁ\ while chaque is \ʃak\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9497, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaire is recorded at frequency rank #9,287, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛʁ\. chaque is at rank #210, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃak\.
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 9497, this pair ranks #416,429 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chaire vs chaque
Shared letters: aceh. Private to "chaire": ir. Private to "chaque": qu.
"chaire" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "chaque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chaire" and "chaque" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "chaire" or "chaque"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "chaire" and "chaque" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #416,429 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaire" and "chaque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chaire vs charrie". 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 #416,429 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.