Which to use
“chance” and “charte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #577
- “chance” frequency rank
- #2,811
- “charte” frequency rank
- 3388
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chance | charte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Concours de circonstances jugé malheureux ou heureux quant à son influence sur le succès, la réalisation, la réussite ou l’échec d’une action ou d’un événement ; contexte jugé favorable ou non d’une action. | Acte écrit public ou privé de l’époque médiévale, fait et passé devant témoins et portant le plus souvent le sceau de son auteur. |
Where the eye mixes chance and charte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses chance with charte
A purely visual mix-up. chance (\ʃɑ̃s\) and charte (\ʃaʁt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3388, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chance is recorded at frequency rank #577, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ̃s\. charte is at rank #2,811, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁt\.
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 3388, this pair ranks #434,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chance vs charte
Shared letters: aceh. Private to "chance": n. Private to "charte": rt.
"chance" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "charte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chance" and "charte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "chance" or "charte"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "chance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "charte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #434,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chance" and "charte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "charmée vs charte". 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 #434,149 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.