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“chance” and “charge” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,271
- “chance” frequency rank
- #19,078
- “charge” frequency rank
- 20349
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chance | charge |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | possibilidade de algum acontecimento independente de intenção humana | carga |
Letter map: chance vs charge
Shared letters muted; letters that set chance and charge apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Pair insight - chance / charge
chance and charge are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chance is recorded at frequency rank #1,271, classified as anoun. charge is at rank #19,078, 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 20349, this pair ranks #50,187 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chance vs charge
Shared letters: aceh. Private to "chance": n. Private to "charge": gr.
"chance" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "charge" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chance" and "charge" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "chance" or "charge" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "chance" and "charge". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "chance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "charge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,187 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chance" and "charge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cárie vs charge". 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 #50,187 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.