chaise longue
/ˌʃeɪz ˈlɒŋ(ɡ)/
"chaise-longue" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chaise longue” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chaise-longue · chaise longue · English
chaise longue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chaise longue |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌʃeɪz ˈlɒŋ(ɡ)/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chaise longue” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chaise longue is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌʃeɪz ˈlɒŋ(ɡ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for chaise longue in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French chaise longue (literally “long chair”). The correct English form is chaise longue, spelled C-H-A-I-S-E- -L-O-N-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chaise longue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hey, you, over there / On the chaise longue, in your underwear / What are you doing sitting down? / You should be horizontal now
Etymology
Borrowed from French chaise longue (literally “long chair”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.