Which to use
“chargée” and “charte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,739
- “chargée” frequency rank
- #2,811
- “charte” frequency rank
- 6550
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chargée | charte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est responsable d’une charge. Ne s’utilise guère que dans les expressions : | Acte écrit public ou privé de l’époque médiévale, fait et passé devant témoins et portant le plus souvent le sceau de son auteur. |
Where the eye mixes chargée and charte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. chargée runs 7 letters (CCVCCVV) against charte's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses chargée with charte
A purely visual mix-up. chargée (\ʃaʁ.ʒe\) and charte (\ʃaʁt\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6550, 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\. charte is at rank #2,811, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁt\.
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 6550, this pair ranks #425,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chargée vs charte
Shared letters: acehr. Private to "chargée": gé. Private to "charte": t.
"chargée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "charte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- charte ← cahrte · ccharte · charet · charrte · chartte · chatre · chharte · chrate
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chargée" and "charte" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "chargée" or "charte" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "chargée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "charte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chargée" and "charte" 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 #425,913 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.