chargesvscharméeConfusable pair

Quick tell: charges is a noun, charmée is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“charges” is a noun and “charmée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,465
“charges” frequency rank
#49,549
“charmée” frequency rank
52014
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature charges charmée
Definition Pluriel de charge. Féminin singulier de charmé.

Where the eye mixes charges and charmée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. charges (CCVCCVC) and charmée (CCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
charges
7 ch
charmée

Visual trap between charges and charmée

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: charges is \ʃaʁʒ\ while charmée is \ʃaʁ.me\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52014, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

charges is recorded at frequency rank #2,465, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁʒ\. charmée is at rank #49,549, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃaʁ.me\.

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 52014, this pair ranks #150,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of charges vs charmée

Shared letters: acehr. Private to "charges": gs. Private to "charmée": mé.

"charges" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "charmée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • charges ← cahrges · ccharges · chagres · charegs · chargess · chargges · chargse · charrges

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "charges" and "charmée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "charges" is a noun and "charmée" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "charges" or "charmée" show up more?
"charges" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,465 in our French list, against #49,549 for "charmée". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "charges" and "charmée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "charges" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "charmée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #150,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "charges" and "charmée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "charmée vs charrie". 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 #150,797 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