Which to use
“chaque” is an adjective and “charte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #210
- “chaque” frequency rank
- #2,811
- “charte” frequency rank
- 3021
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaque | charte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | 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 chaque and charte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between chaque and charte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chaque is \ʃak\ while charte is \ʃaʁt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3021, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaque is recorded at frequency rank #210, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃak\. 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 3021, this pair ranks #434,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chaque vs charte
Shared letters: aceh. Private to "chaque": qu. Private to "charte": rt.
"chaque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "charte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chaque" and "charte" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "chaque" or "charte"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "chaque" and "charte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaque" 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 #434,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaque" 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 #434,979 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.