chargéesvschargezConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#12,125
“chargées” frequency rank
#44,365
“chargez” frequency rank
56490
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chargées chargez
Definition Féminin pluriel de chargé. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe charger.

Same sound, different letters: chargées vs chargez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. chargées runs 8 letters (CCVCCVVC) against chargez's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
chargées
7 ch
chargez

Same sound, different spelling - chargées / chargez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: chargées and chargez 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 56490, 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\. 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 56490, this pair ranks #120,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chargées vs chargez

Shared letters: aceghr. Private to "chargées": sé. Private to "chargez": z.

"chargées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC  ·  "chargez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chargez ← cahrgez · cchargez · chagrez · charegz · chargezz · charggez · chargze · charrgez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "chargées" and "chargez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "chargées" is an adjective and "chargez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "chargées" or "chargez" show up more?
"chargées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,125 in our French list, against #44,365 for "chargez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "chargées" 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 #120,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chargées" 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 #120,804 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