CharavschériConfusable pair

Quick tell: Chara is a name, chéri is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#41,702
“Chara” frequency rank
#6,062
“chéri” frequency rank
47764
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Chara chéri
Definition Constellation sous la queue de la Grande Ourse. Sincèrement aimé.

Letter map: Chara vs chéri

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

5 ch
Chara
5 ch
chéri

Grammar separator: Chara vs chéri

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Chara is aname and chérianadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Chara is recorded at frequency rank #41,702, classified as aname. chéri is at rank #6,062, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃe.ʁi\.

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 47764, this pair ranks #184,325 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Chara vs chéri

Shared letters: chr. Private to "Chara": a. Private to "chéri": .

"Chara" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "chéri" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Characahra · cchara · chaar · charra · chhara · chraa · hcara

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Chara" and "chéri" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Chara" is a name and "chéri" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Chara" vs "chéri" - which ranks higher?
"chéri" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,062 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "Chara" vs "chéri" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Chara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chéri" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #184,325 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Chara" and "chéri" 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 #184,325 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