Which to use
“charmée” is an adjective and “chartes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,549
- “charmée” frequency rank
- #17,369
- “chartes” frequency rank
- 66918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | charmée | chartes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de charmé. | Pluriel de charte. |
Where the eye mixes charmée and chartes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. charmée (CCVCCVV) and chartes (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between charmée and chartes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: charmée is \ʃaʁ.me\ while chartes is \ʃaʁt\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66918, 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\. chartes is at rank #17,369, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁt\.
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 66918, this pair ranks #65,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of charmée vs chartes
Shared letters: acehr. Private to "charmée": mé. Private to "chartes": st.
"charmée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "chartes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chartes ← cahrtes · cchartes · chartess · chartse · charttes · chatres · chhartes · chrates
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "charmée" and "chartes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "charmée" or "chartes"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "charmée" and "chartes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "charmée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chartes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "charmée" and "chartes" 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 #65,713 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.