Which to use
“chanté” is a verb and “chaque” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,353
- “chanté” frequency rank
- #210
- “chaque” frequency rank
- 8563
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chanté | chaque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe chanter. | 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 chanté and chaque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. chanté (CCVCCV) and chaque (CCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between chanté and chaque
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chanté is \ʃɑ̃.te\ while chaque is \ʃak\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chanté is recorded at frequency rank #8,353, classified as averb, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.te\. 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 8563, this pair ranks #419,604 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chanté vs chaque
Shared letters: ach. Private to "chanté": nté. Private to "chaque": equ.
"chanté" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "chaque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- chaque ← cahque · cchaque · chaqeu · chaqque · chauqe · chhaque · chqaue · hcaque
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chanté" and "chaque" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "chanté" or "chaque"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "chanté" 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 #419,604 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chanté" and "chaque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "canto vs chanté". 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 #419,604 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.