Which to use
“chaires” and “claire” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,196
- “chaires” frequency rank
- #1,986
- “claire” frequency rank
- 40182
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaires | claire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de chaire. | Les cendres lavées ou les os calcinés dont on se sert pour faire les coupelles dans l’affinage. |
Where the eye mixes chaires and claire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. chaires runs 7 letters (CCVVCVC) against claire's 6 (CCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses chaires with claire
A purely visual mix-up. chaires (\ʃɛʁ\) and claire (\klɛʁ\) 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 40182, 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\. claire is at rank #1,986, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klɛʁ\.
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 40182, this pair ranks #242,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chaires vs claire
Shared letters: aceir. Private to "chaires": hs. Private to "claire": l.
"chaires" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "claire" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chaires" and "claire" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "chaires" vs "claire" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaires" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "claire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #242,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaires" and "claire" 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 #242,407 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.