ChorvschorsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#3,714
“Chor” frequency rank
#35,693
“chors” frequency rank
39407
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Chor chors
Definition Ensemble von Sängern, das gemeinsam Chorwerke vorträgt 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs chor

Letter map: Chor vs chors

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

4 ch
Chor
5 ch
chors

Part-of-speech tell for Chor / chors

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Chor is anoun and chorsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Chor” sits inside “chors”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39407, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Chor is recorded at frequency rank #3,714, classified as anoun, pronounced [koːɐ̯]. 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 39407, this pair ranks #1,537,670 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Chor vs chors

Shared letters: chor. Private to "Chor": -. Private to "chors": s.

"Chor" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "chors" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Chorcchor · chhor · chorr · chro · cohr · hcor
  • chorscchors · chhors · chorrs · chorss · chosr · chros · cohrs · hcors

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Chor" and "chors" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Chor" is a noun and "chors" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Chor" or "chors"?
"Chor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,714 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.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Chor" and "chors".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Chor" 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 #1,537,670 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Chor" 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 #1,537,670 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