Choral or chorale?
choral is an adjective meaning “Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus”; chorale is a noun meaning “A chorus or choir”. Use choral as an adjective and chorale as a noun. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) choral is about 5.1 times as common as chorale.
What is the difference between choral and chorale?
| choral | chorale | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective, noun | noun |
| Meaning | Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus | A form of Lutheran or Protestant hymn tune A chorus or choir |
| Example | Palestrina wrote choral music for the Catholic church | none recorded |
| Forms | none | chorales |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɔːɹəl/ /ˈkɔɹəl/ /ˈkɒɹɑːl/ | /kɒˈrɑːl/ /kɔːˈɹɑːl/ /kəˈræl/ |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words | about once in every 3 million words |
Sources: choral and chorale in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of choral and chorale
choral
- 1
Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus
Palestrina wrote choral music for the Catholic church
- 2
Alternative form of chorale
chorale
- 1
A form of Lutheran or Protestant hymn tune
- 2
A chorus or choir
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, choral or chorale?
choral appears 1.7 times per million words; chorale about once in every 3 million words.
choral 1.7 times per million wordschorale about once in every 3 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search choral vs chorale?
“choral vs chorale” is searched about 70 times a month on Google and 20 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“chorale vs choral”, “choral or chorale”).
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