Chorraum

[ˈkoːɐ̯ˌʁaʊ̯m]

/[ˈkoːɐ̯ˌʁaʊ̯m]/ noun

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The verdict

“Chorraum” is uncommon German (frequency #85,077 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,077
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Altarraum in einer Kirche

Corpus desk

Index DE-chorraum · Chorraum · German

Chorraum · rank #85,077 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,077
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH chop

Nearest frequency peer: chop (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Chorraum“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Chorraum“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Chorraum
PropertyValue
HeadwordChorraum
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkoːɐ̯ˌʁaʊ̯m]
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,077
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Chorraum“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Chorraumfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „chop“ (#85,076), „chiffon“ (#85,075), „Codein“ (#85,080). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Chorraum“ bei #85,077. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Chorraum is uncommon German at frequency #85,077 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkoːɐ̯ˌʁaʊ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Altarraum in einer Kirche".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Chorraum, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Chorraum, spelled C-H-O-R-R-A-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Altarraum in einer Kirche

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Chorraum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] „der Kölner Dom steht so dicht neben dem Hauptbahnhof, dass man im Chorraum die Durchsagen an den Bahnsteigen hören kann.“
  2. „Im Chorraum mit seinen 9 Glasfenstern schwebt - an Drahtseilen befestigt- überlebensgroß ein segnender Christus am Kreuz.“

Synonyms

ChorPresbyterium

This word in other languages

chancel(English)presbiterio(Español)chœur(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chorraum"?
"Chorraum" is spelled C-H-O-R-R-A-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkoːɐ̯ˌʁaʊ̯m].
What does "Chorraum" mean?
As a noun, "Chorraum" means: Altarraum in einer Kirche
How do you pronounce "Chorraum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chorraum" is [ˈkoːɐ̯ˌʁaʊ̯m]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chorraum" come from?
"Chorraum" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Chorraum", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list