Which to use
“charge” is a noun and “charmée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #786
- “charge” frequency rank
- #49,549
- “charmée” frequency rank
- 50335
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | charge | charmée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui pèse. | Féminin singulier de charmé. |
Where the eye mixes charge and charmée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: charge vs charmée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: charge is \ʃaʁʒ\ while charmée is \ʃaʁ.me\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
charge is recorded at frequency rank #786, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁʒ\. charmée is at rank #49,549, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃaʁ.me\.
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 50335, this pair ranks #163,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of charge vs charmée
Shared letters: acehr. Private to "charge": g. Private to "charmée": mé.
"charge" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "charmée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- charge ← cahrge · ccharge · chagre · chareg · chargge · charrge · chharge · chrage
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "charge" and "charmée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "charge" or "charmée"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "charge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "charmée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "charge" and "charmée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "charmée vs charrie". 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 #163,443 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.