chaise

/ʃeɪz/

//ʃeɪz// noun

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"chaise" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“chaise” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,680. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,680
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.

Corpus desk

Index EN-chaise · chaise · English

chaise · rank #44,680 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,680
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH centrepiece

Nearest frequency peer: centrepiece (-2 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “chaise”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “chaise” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chaise vs Chas
50% similar
chaise vs Chris
50% similar
chaise vs chose
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chaise
PropertyValue
Headwordchaise
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ʃeɪz/
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,680
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “chaise”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).chaiselands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “centrepiece” (#44,678), “characterise” (#44,682), “Chautauqua” (#44,683). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “chaise” is #44,680. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around chaise (IPA /ʃeɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,680 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chaise, with forms such as "cahise", "cchaise", and "chaies". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Chas", "Chris", "chose", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French chaise. Doublet of cathedra and chair. The correct English form is chaise, spelled C-H-A-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.
  2. 2
    A chaise longue.
  3. 3
    A post chaise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chaise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “But why is it necessary, said Edmund, that Crawford’s carriage, or his only should be employed? Why is no use to be made of my mother’s chaise? I could not, when the scheme was first mentioned the other day, understand why a visit from the family were not to be made in the carriage of the family.”
  2. The next morning after breakfast, Joe put Merrylegs into the mistress's low chaise to take him to the vicarage; he came first and said good bye to us, and Merrylegs neighed to us from the yard.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French chaise. Doublet of cathedra and chair.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahise
  • cchaise
  • chaies
  • chaisse
  • chasie
  • chhaise
  • chiase
  • hcaise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chaise - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cahise2cchaise1chaies2chaisse1chasie2chhaise1chiase2hcaise2
Edit distance from "chaise"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chaise"?
"chaise" is spelled C-H-A-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ʃeɪz/.
What does "chaise" mean?
As a noun, "chaise" means: An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.
What words are commonly confused with "chaise"?
"chaise" is commonly confused with "Chas", "Chris", "chose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chaise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chaise" is /ʃeɪz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "chaise"?
Unadapted borrowing from French chaise. Doublet of cathedra and chair. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chaise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list