Which to use
“chaise” and “chime” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,680
- “chaise” frequency rank
- #24,111
- “chime” frequency rank
- 68791
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaise | chime |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels. | A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes. |
Where the eye mixes chaise and chime
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. chaise runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against chime's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses chaise with chime
A purely visual mix-up. chaise (/ʃeɪz/) and chime (/tʃaɪm/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaise is recorded at frequency rank #44,680, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʃeɪz/. chime is at rank #24,111, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tʃaɪm/.
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 68791, this pair ranks #57,331 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chaise vs chime
Shared letters: cehi. Private to "chaise": as. Private to "chime": m.
"chaise" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "chime" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chaise" and "chime" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "chaise" or "chime" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chime" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,331 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaise" and "chime" 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 #57,331 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.