Which to use
“charge” and “chargeur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #786
- “charge” frequency rank
- #11,012
- “chargeur” frequency rank
- 11798
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | charge | chargeur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui pèse. | Celui qui charge des marchandises ou autres fardeaux. |
Where the eye mixes charge and chargeur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between charge and chargeur
A purely visual mix-up. charge (\ʃaʁʒ\) and chargeur (\ʃaʁ.ʒœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “charge” sits inside “chargeur”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
charge is recorded at frequency rank #786, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁʒ\. chargeur is at rank #11,012, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁ.ʒœʁ\.
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 11798, this pair ranks #407,755 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of charge vs chargeur
Shared letters: aceghr. Private to "charge": -. Private to "chargeur": u.
"charge" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "chargeur" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "charge" for "chargeur" ever safe?
Which is more common, "charge" or "chargeur"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "charge" and "chargeur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "charge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chargeur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #407,755 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "charge" and "chargeur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chargeur vs chargez". 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 #407,755 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.