Which to use
“chargea” and “chargez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,755
- “chargea” frequency rank
- #44,365
- “chargez” frequency rank
- 81120
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chargea | chargez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe charger. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe charger. |
Where the eye mixes chargea and chargez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: chargea vs chargez
A purely visual mix-up. chargea (\ʃaʁ.ʒa\) and chargez (\ʃaʁ.ʒe\) 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 a single letter - a in “chargea” becomes z in “chargez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chargea is recorded at frequency rank #36,755, classified as averb, pronounced \ʃaʁ.ʒa\. chargez is at rank #44,365, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃaʁ.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 81120, this pair ranks #19,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chargea vs chargez
Shared letters: aceghr. Private to "chargea": -. Private to "chargez": z.
"chargea" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "chargez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chargea" and "chargez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "chargea" vs "chargez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "chargea" and "chargez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chargea" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chargez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chargea" and "chargez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chargez vs charmée". 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 #19,436 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.