Which to use
“charger” and “chargez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,432
- “charger” frequency rank
- #44,365
- “chargez” frequency rank
- 49797
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | charger | chargez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Garnir d’une charge. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe charger. |
Same sound, different letters: charger vs chargez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - charger and chargez
This is the hard kind. charger and chargez are pronounced identically (\ʃaʁ.ʒe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “charger” becomes z in “chargez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49797, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
charger is recorded at frequency rank #5,432, classified as averb, 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 49797, this pair ranks #167,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of charger vs chargez
Shared letters: aceghr. Private to "charger": -. Private to "chargez": z.
"charger" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "chargez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "charger" for "chargez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "charger" or "chargez" show up more?
Useful next steps
"charger" and "chargez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "charger" 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 #167,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "charger" 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 #167,795 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.