CharavschaseTell them apart

Quick tell: Chara is a name, chase is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Chara” is a name and “chase” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,702
“Chara” frequency rank
#15,831
“chase” frequency rank
57533
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Chara chase
Definition Constellation sous la queue de la Grande Ourse. Poursuite, suite, chasse.

Letter map: Chara vs chase

Shared letters muted; letters that set Chara and chase apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Chara
5 ch
chase

Grammar separator: Chara vs chase

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Chara is aname and chaseanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57533, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Chara is recorded at frequency rank #41,702, classified as aname. chase is at rank #15,831, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʃeɪs\.

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 57533, this pair ranks #114,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Chara vs chase

Shared letters: ach. Private to "Chara": r. Private to "chase": es.

"Chara" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "chase" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Characahra · cchara · chaar · charra · chhara · chraa · hcara
  • chasecahse · cchase · chaes · chhase · chsae · hcase

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Chara" and "chase" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Chara" is a name and "chase" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Chara" vs "chase" - which ranks higher?
"chase" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,831 in our French list, against #41,702 for "Chara". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Chara" and "chase". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Chara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chase" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #114,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Chara" and "chase" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chah vs Chara". 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 #114,480 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list