Chor
[koːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Chor” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,714 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,714
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble von Sängern, das gemeinsam Chorwerke vorträgt
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chor” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Chor is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,714 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Chor, with forms such as "cchor", "chhor", and "chorr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cr", "CO2", "con", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Chor, spelled C-H-O-R.
Definition
- 1Ensemble von Sängern, das gemeinsam Chorwerke vorträgt
- 2Gruppe ähnlicher oder gleicher Musikinstrumente und ihrer Spieler
- 3Musikstück, das von einem Chor (siehe [1]) dargeboten wird
- 4gemeinsamer Gesang von mehreren Sängerinnen und Sängern
- 5Saiten, die gleich gestimmt sind
- 6(bei den gemischten Stimmen der Orgel) die zu einer Taste gehörenden Pfeifen
- 7Schauspielergruppe, die das Geschehen auf der Bühne kommentiert
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchor,chhor,chorr,chro,cohr,hcor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Chor - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Chor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-H-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Cr” - see the side-by-side comparison. Chor vs Cr
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.