chargéevschargezTell them apart

Quick tell: chargée is a noun, chargez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“chargée” is a noun and “chargez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,739
“chargée” frequency rank
#44,365
“chargez” frequency rank
48104
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chargée chargez
Definition Celle qui est responsable d’une charge. Ne s’utilise guère que dans les expressions : Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe charger.

Same sound, different letters: chargée vs chargez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

7 ch
chargée
7 ch
chargez

Ear matches; page differs - chargée and chargez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: chargée and chargez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʃaʁ.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48104, 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\. 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 48104, this pair ranks #181,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chargée vs chargez

Shared letters: aceghr. Private to "chargée": é. Private to "chargez": z.

"chargée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV  ·  "chargez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chargezcahrgez · cchargez · chagrez · charegz · chargezz · charggez · chargze · charrgez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chargée" and "chargez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "chargée" is a noun and "chargez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "chargée" vs "chargez" - which ranks higher?
"chargée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,739 in our French list, against #44,365 for "chargez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "chargée" 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 #181,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chargée" 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 #181,593 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