Which to use
“chaire” and “chère” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,287
- “chaire” frequency rank
- #2,764
- “chère” frequency rank
- 12051
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaire | chère |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Personne considérée comme chère, qui est tenu avec une affectueuse haute estime ou, par ironie, à qui est adressée une forme de dédain. |
Same sound, different letters: chaire vs chère
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Homophone desk: chaire vs chère
This is the hard kind. chaire and chère are pronounced identically (\ʃɛʁ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12051, 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\. chère is at rank #2,764, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛʁ\.
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 12051, this pair ranks #406,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chaire vs chère
Shared letters: cehr. Private to "chaire": ai. Private to "chère": è.
"chaire" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "chère" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- chaire ← cchaire · chairre · charie · chhaire · chiare · hcaire
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chaire" and "chère" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "chaire" or "chère" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chère" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaire" and "chère" 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 #406,777 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.