chars vs CHR, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“chars” and “CHR” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,971
“chars” frequency rank: #30,945
“CHR” frequency rank: 39916
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	chars	CHR
Definition	Pluriel de char.	Centre hospitalier régional (en France).

Letter map: chars vs CHR

Shared letters muted; letters that set chars and CHR apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

chars

3 ch

CHR

Pair insight - chars / CHR

chars and CHR are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chars is recorded at frequency rank #8,971, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁ\. CHR is at rank #30,945, tagged as anoun.

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 39916, this pair ranks #244,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chars vs CHR

Shared letters: chr. Private to "chars": as. Private to "CHR": -.

"chars" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "CHR" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

chars ← cahrs · cchars · charrs · charss · chasr · chhars · chras · hcars

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chars" and "CHR" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

In ordinary French text, does "chars" or "CHR" show up more?

"chars" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,971 in our French list, against #30,945 for "CHR". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "chars" and "CHR".

Full dictionary entry for "chars" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "CHR" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #244,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"chars" and "CHR" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CHR vs ciro". 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 #244,401 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.