CharavschersWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#41,702
“Chara” frequency rank
#3,521
“chers” frequency rank
45223
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Chara chers
Definition Constellation sous la queue de la Grande Ourse. Masculin pluriel de cher.

Letter map: Chara vs chers

Shared letters muted; letters that set Chara and chers apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Chara (CCVCV) and chers (CCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
Chara
5 ch
chers

Part-of-speech tell for Chara / chers

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Chara is aname and chersanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45223, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Chara is recorded at frequency rank #41,702, classified as aname. chers is at rank #3,521, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ʃɛʁ].

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 45223, this pair ranks #204,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Chara vs chers

Shared letters: chr. Private to "Chara": a. Private to "chers": es.

"Chara" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "chers" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Chara ← cahra · cchara · chaar · charra · chhara · chraa · hcara
  • chers ← cchers · cehrs · cherrs · cherss · chesr · chhers · chres · hcers

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Chara" and "chers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Chara" is a name and "chers" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Chara" or "chers" show up more?
"chers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,521 in our French list, against #41,702 for "Chara". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "Chara" vs "chers" 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 "chers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #204,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Chara" and "chers" 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 #204,410 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