Which to use
“chargée” and “charter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,739
- “chargée” frequency rank
- #36,757
- “charter” frequency rank
- 40496
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chargée | charter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est responsable d’une charge. Ne s’utilise guère que dans les expressions : | Avion affrété pour transporter un groupe de personnes à un tarif moindre que celui des lignes ordinaires. |
Where the eye mixes chargée and charter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between chargée and charter
A purely visual mix-up. chargée (\ʃaʁ.ʒe\) and charter (\ʃaʁ.tɛʁ\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40496, 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\. charter is at rank #36,757, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁ.tɛʁ\.
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 40496, this pair ranks #240,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chargée vs charter
Shared letters: acehr. Private to "chargée": gé. Private to "charter": t.
"chargée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "charter" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- charter ← cahrter · ccharter · charetr · charrter · charterr · chartre · chartter · chatrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chargée" for "charter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "chargée" vs "charter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "charter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chargée" and "charter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "charmée vs charter". 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 #240,054 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.