Which to use
“chargées” is an adjective and “charger” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,125
- “chargées” frequency rank
- #5,432
- “charger” frequency rank
- 17557
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chargées | charger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de chargé. | Garnir d’une charge. |
Same sound, different letters: chargées vs charger
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - chargées / charger
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: chargées and charger carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʃaʁ.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chargées is recorded at frequency rank #12,125, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃaʁ.ʒe\. charger is at rank #5,432, 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 17557, this pair ranks #382,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chargées vs charger
Shared letters: aceghr. Private to "chargées": sé. Private to "charger": -.
"chargées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "charger" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- charger ← cahrger · ccharger · chagrer · charegr · chargerr · chargger · chargre · charrger
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chargées" for "charger" ever safe?
Frequency check: "chargées" vs "charger" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"chargées" and "charger" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "chargées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "charger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chargées" and "charger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chargées vs chassées". 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 #382,577 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.