Which to use
“charter” and “chartes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,757
- “charter” frequency rank
- #17,369
- “chartes” frequency rank
- 54126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | charter | chartes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Avion affrété pour transporter un groupe de personnes à un tarif moindre que celui des lignes ordinaires. | Pluriel de charte. |
Where the eye mixes charter and chartes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between charter and chartes
A purely visual mix-up. charter (\ʃaʁ.tɛʁ\) and chartes (\ʃaʁt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - r in “charter” becomes s in “chartes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
charter is recorded at frequency rank #36,757, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃaʁ.tɛʁ\. 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 54126, this pair ranks #136,095 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of charter vs chartes
Shared letters: acehrt. Private to "charter": -. Private to "chartes": s.
"charter" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "chartes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "charter" and "chartes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "charter" vs "chartes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "charter" and "chartes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "charter" 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 #136,095 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "charter" and "chartes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "charmée vs charter". 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 #136,095 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.