Which to use
“charge” and “clergé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #786
- “charge” frequency rank
- #8,821
- “clergé” frequency rank
- 9607
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | charge | clergé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui pèse. | Corps des ecclésiastiques, organisé selon une hiérarchie ecclésiale. |
Where the eye mixes charge and clergé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. charge and clergé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: charge vs clergé
A purely visual mix-up. charge (\ʃaʁʒ\) and clergé (\klɛʁ.ʒe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
charge is recorded at frequency rank #786, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁʒ\. clergé is at rank #8,821, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klɛʁ.ʒe\.
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 9607, this pair ranks #416,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of charge vs clergé
Shared letters: cegr. Private to "charge": ah. Private to "clergé": lé.
"charge" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "clergé" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- charge ← cahrge · ccharge · chagre · chareg · chargge · charrge · chharge · chrage
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "charge" and "clergé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "charge" vs "clergé" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "charge" and "clergé" 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 "clergé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #416,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "charge" and "clergé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cierges vs clergé". 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 #416,057 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.