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“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.

7 ch
chargea
7 ch
chargez

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

  • chargeacahrgea · cchargea · chagrea · charega · chargae · charggea · charrgea · chhargea
  • chargezcahrgez · cchargez · chagrez · charegz · chargezz · charggez · chargze · charrgez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chargea" and "chargez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʃaʁ.ʒa\ versus \ʃaʁ.ʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "chargea" vs "chargez" - which ranks higher?
"chargea" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,755 in our French list, against #44,365 for "chargez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list