Chor

/[koːɐ̯]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,714

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Chor is aGermannoun. It means: Ensemble von Sängern, das gemeinsam Chorwerke vorträgt Pronounced [koːɐ̯]. It ranks #3,714 in German word frequency. Often confused with Cr and CO2.

Key facts for Chor
PropertyValue
HeadwordChor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[koːɐ̯]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,714
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Chor in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Chor is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Chor, with forms such as "cchor", "chhor", and "chorr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cr", "CO2", "con", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Chor, spelled C-H-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble von Sängern, das gemeinsam Chorwerke vorträgt
  2. 2
    Gruppe ähnlicher oder gleicher Musikinstrumente und ihrer Spieler
  3. 3
    Musikstück, das von einem Chor (siehe [1]) dargeboten wird
  4. 4
    gemeinsamer Gesang von mehreren Sängerinnen und Sängern
  5. 5
    Saiten, die gleich gestimmt sind
  6. 6
    (bei den gemischten Stimmen der Orgel) die zu einer Taste gehörenden Pfeifen
  7. 7
    Schauspielergruppe, 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Chor

Misspelling Variants of "Chor"

cchor5chhor5chorr5chro4cohr4hcor4
Misspelling Variants of "Chor"

Frequency rank: #3,714 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chor"?
"Chor" is spelled C-H-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [koːɐ̯].
What does "Chor" mean?
As a noun, "Chor" means: Ensemble von Sängern, das gemeinsam Chorwerke vorträgt
What words are commonly confused with "Chor"?
"Chor" is commonly confused with "Cr", "CO2", "con". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Chor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chor" is [koːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chor" come from?
"Chor" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.