Which to use
“chargement” and “chargements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,288
- “chargement” frequency rank
- #46,057
- “chargements” frequency rank
- 55345
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chargement | chargements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de charger quelque chose dans une voiture, un camion, un navire, etc. | Pluriel de chargement. |
Same sound, different letters: chargement vs chargements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - chargement and chargements
This is the hard kind. chargement and chargements are pronounced identically (\ʃaʁ.ʒə.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “chargement” sits inside “chargements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chargement is recorded at frequency rank #9,288, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁ.ʒə.mɑ̃\. chargements is at rank #46,057, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁ.ʒə.mɑ̃\.
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 55345, this pair ranks #128,050 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chargement vs chargements
Shared letters: aceghmnrt. Private to "chargement": -. Private to "chargements": s.
"chargement" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCVCC · "chargements" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chargement ← cahrgement · cchargement · chagrement · charegment · chargeemnt · chargemennt · chargementt · chargemetn
- chargements ← cahrgements · cchargements · chagrements · charegments · chargeemnts · chargemennts · chargemenst · chargementss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chargement" for "chargements" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "chargement" or "chargements" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "chargement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chargements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,050 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chargement" and "chargements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chargement vs chèrement". 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 #128,050 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.