Which to use
“chercha” and “cherché” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,880
- “chercha” frequency rank
- #3,666
- “cherché” frequency rank
- 35546
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chercha | cherché |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe chercher. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe chercher. |
Where the eye mixes chercha and cherché
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: chercha vs cherché
A purely visual mix-up. chercha (\ʃɛʁ.ʃa\) and cherché (\ʃɛʁ.ʃe\) 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 - a in “chercha” becomes é in “cherché”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35546, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chercha is recorded at frequency rank #31,880, classified as averb, pronounced \ʃɛʁ.ʃa\. cherché is at rank #3,666, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃɛʁ.ʃe\.
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 35546, this pair ranks #275,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chercha vs cherché
Shared letters: cehr. Private to "chercha": a. Private to "cherché": é.
"chercha" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "cherché" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- chercha ← cchercha · cehrcha · checrha · chercah · cherccha · cherchha · cherhca · cherrcha
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chercha" and "cherché" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "chercha" vs "cherché" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "chercha" and "cherché" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chercha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cherché" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chercha" and "cherché" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chercha vs cherchée". 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 #275,942 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.