Which to use
“chaires” and “charrues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,196
- “chaires” frequency rank
- #34,020
- “charrues” frequency rank
- 72216
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaires | charrues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de chaire. | Pluriel de charrue. |
Where the eye mixes chaires and charrues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. chaires runs 7 letters (CCVVCVC) against charrues's 8 (CCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between chaires and charrues
A purely visual mix-up. chaires (\ʃɛʁ\) and charrues (\ʃa.ʁy\) 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 72216, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaires is recorded at frequency rank #38,196, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛʁ\. charrues is at rank #34,020, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃa.ʁy\.
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 72216, this pair ranks #44,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chaires vs charrues
Shared letters: acehrs. Private to "chaires": i. Private to "charrues": u.
"chaires" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "charrues" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chaires" for "charrues" ever safe?
Which is more common, "chaires" or "charrues"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "chaires" and "charrues" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaires" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "charrues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaires" and "charrues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chaires vs chantres". 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 #44,788 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.