Which to use
“chargée” is a noun and “charmer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,739
- “chargée” frequency rank
- #27,003
- “charmer” frequency rank
- 30742
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chargée | charmer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est responsable d’une charge. Ne s’utilise guère que dans les expressions : | Produire un effet extraordinaire sur quelqu’un ou sur quelque chose par un charme magique. |
Where the eye mixes chargée and charmer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. chargée (CCVCCVV) and charmer (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses chargée with charmer
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chargée is \ʃaʁ.ʒe\ while charmer is \ʃaʁ.me\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30742, 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\. charmer is at rank #27,003, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃaʁ.me\.
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 30742, this pair ranks #308,277 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chargée vs charmer
Shared letters: acehr. Private to "chargée": gé. Private to "charmer": m.
"chargée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "charmer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- charmer ← cahrmer · ccharmer · chamrer · charemr · charmerr · charmmer · charmre · charrmer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chargée" for "charmer" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "chargée" or "charmer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "chargée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "charmer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,277 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chargée" and "charmer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "charmée vs charmer". 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 #308,277 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.