charméevscharmerTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,549
“charmée” frequency rank
#27,003
“charmer” frequency rank
76552
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature charmée charmer
Definition Féminin singulier de charmé. Produire un effet extraordinaire sur quelqu’un ou sur quelque chose par un charme magique.

Same sound, different letters: charmée vs charmer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. charmée (CCVCCVV) and charmer (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
charmée
7 ch
charmer

Ear matches; page differs - charmée and charmer

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: charmée and charmer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʃaʁ.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

charmée is recorded at frequency rank #49,549, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃaʁ.me\. charmer is at rank #27,003, tagged as averb, 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 76552, this pair ranks #30,805 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of charmée vs charmer

Shared letters: acehmr. Private to "charmée": é. Private to "charmer": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • charmer ← cahrmer · ccharmer · chamrer · charemr · charmerr · charmmer · charmre · charrmer

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "charmée" and "charmer" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "charmée" is an adjective and "charmer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "charmée" vs "charmer" - which ranks higher?
"charmer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,003 in our French list, against #49,549 for "charmée". 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 "charmée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "charmer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,805 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "charmée" and "charmer" 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 #30,805 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