ChaosvschorsTell them apart

Quick tell: Chaos is a noun, chors is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Chaos” is a noun and “chors” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,570
“Chaos” frequency rank
#35,693
“chors” frequency rank
39263
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Chaos chors
Definition Zustand der Unordnung 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs chor

Letter map: Chaos vs chors

Shared letters muted; letters that set Chaos and chors apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
Chaos
5 ch
chors

Grammar separator: Chaos vs chors

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Chaos is anoun and chorsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39263, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Chaos is recorded at frequency rank #3,570, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkaːɔs]. chors is at rank #35,693, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 39263, this pair ranks #1,541,551 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Chaos vs chors

Shared letters: chos. Private to "Chaos": a. Private to "chors": r.

"Chaos" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC  ·  "chors" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Chaoscahos · cchaos · chaoss · chaso · chhaos · choas · hcaos
  • chorscchors · chhors · chorrs · chorss · chosr · chros · cohrs · hcors

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Chaos" and "chors" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Chaos" is a noun and "chors" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Chaos" or "chors" show up more?
"Chaos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,570 in our German list, against #35,693 for "chors". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Chaos" vs "chors" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Chaos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chors" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,541,551 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Chaos" and "chors" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chors vs puzzles". 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 #1,541,551 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list