# chairman vs chairwoman

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### chairman
*noun · IPA /ˈtʃɛːmən/ · frequency rank #1,657*
A person presiding over a meeting.

### chairwoman
*noun · frequency rank #33,169*
A female chairperson

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chairman-vs-chairwoman