Which to use
“choose” and “chooses” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,296
- “choose” frequency rank
- #9,148
- “chooses” frequency rank
- 10444
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | choose | chooses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To pick; to make the choice of; to select. | third-person singular simple present indicative of choose |
Where the eye mixes choose and chooses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. choose runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against chooses's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between choose and chooses
A purely visual mix-up. choose (/t͡ʃuːz/) and chooses (/ˈt͡ʃuːzɪz/) 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 extra letter(s) - “choose” sits inside “chooses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10444, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
choose is recorded at frequency rank #1,296, classified as averb, pronounced /t͡ʃuːz/. chooses is at rank #9,148, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈt͡ʃuːzɪz/.
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 10444, this pair ranks #492,290 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of choose vs chooses
Shared letters: cehos. Private to "choose": -. Private to "chooses": -.
"choose" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "chooses" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "choose" and "chooses" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "choose" or "chooses"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "choose" and "chooses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "choose" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chooses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #492,290 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "choose" and "chooses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caboose vs choose". 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 #492,290 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.