Which to use
“charte” is a noun and “courte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,811
- “charte” frequency rank
- #2,468
- “courte” frequency rank
- 5279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | charte | courte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acte écrit public ou privé de l’époque médiévale, fait et passé devant témoins et portant le plus souvent le sceau de son auteur. | Féminin singulier de court. |
Where the eye mixes charte and courte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: charte vs courte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: charte is \ʃaʁt\ while courte is \kuʁt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 5279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
charte is recorded at frequency rank #2,811, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁt\. courte is at rank #2,468, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kuʁt\.
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 5279, this pair ranks #429,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of charte vs courte
Shared letters: cert. Private to "charte": ah. Private to "courte": ou.
"charte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "courte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "charte" and "courte" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "charte" vs "courte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "charte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "courte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "charte" and "courte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "charmée vs charte". 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 #429,449 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.