Which to use
“chai” and “chaise” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,783
- “chai” frequency rank
- #44,680
- “chaise” frequency rank
- 64463
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chai | chaise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A female Romani. | An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels. |
Letter map: chai vs chaise
Shared letters muted; letters that set chai and chaise apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. chai runs 4 letters (CCVV) against chaise's 6 (CCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: chai and chaise
chai and chaise are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “chai” sits inside “chaise”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64463, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chai is recorded at frequency rank #19,783, classified as anoun. chaise is at rank #44,680, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʃeɪz/.
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 64463, this pair ranks #77,579 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chai vs chaise
Shared letters: achi. Private to "chai": -. Private to "chaise": es.
"chai" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "chaise" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "chai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,579 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chai" and "chaise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Chaim vs chaise". 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 #77,579 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.