charmevschoreTell them apart

Which to use

“charme” and “chore” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,165
“charme” frequency rank
#12,012
“chore” frequency rank
20177
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature charme chore
Definition charme ¹ tarefa, especialmente uma difícil, desagradável, ou de rotina

Where the eye mixes charme and chore

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
charme
5 ch
chore

Visual trap between charme and chore

A purely visual mix-up. charme (/ʃaʁm/) and chore (/tʃɔː/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20177, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

charme is recorded at frequency rank #8,165, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʃaʁm/. chore is at rank #12,012, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tʃɔː/.

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 20177, this pair ranks #50,407 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of charme vs chore

Shared letters: cehr. Private to "charme": am. Private to "chore": o.

"charme" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "chore" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • charmecahrme · ccharme · chamre · charem · charmme · charrme · chharme · chrame
  • chorecchore · chhore · choer · chorre · chroe · cohre · hcore

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "charme" for "chore" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ʃaʁm/ versus /tʃɔː/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "charme" or "chore"?
"charme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,165 in our Portuguese list, against #12,012 for "chore". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "charme" and "chore" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "charme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,407 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "charme" and "chore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cham vs charme". 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 #50,407 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list