Which to use
“chargée” and “charges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,739
- “chargée” frequency rank
- #2,465
- “charges” frequency rank
- 6204
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chargée | charges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est responsable d’une charge. Ne s’utilise guère que dans les expressions : | Pluriel de charge. |
Where the eye mixes chargée and charges
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. chargée (CCVCCVV) and charges (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: chargée vs charges
A purely visual mix-up. chargée (\ʃaʁ.ʒe\) and charges (\ʃaʁʒ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6204, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chargée is recorded at frequency rank #3,739, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁ.ʒe\. charges is at rank #2,465, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁʒ\.
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 6204, this pair ranks #426,869 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chargée vs charges
Shared letters: aceghr. Private to "chargée": é. Private to "charges": s.
"chargée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "charges" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- charges ← cahrges · ccharges · chagres · charegs · chargess · chargges · chargse · charrges
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chargée" and "charges" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "chargée" or "charges" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "chargée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "charges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,869 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chargée" and "charges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chargée 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 #426,869 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.