# chaise

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃeɪz/ · frequency rank #44,680

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

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

## Easily confused with
- **Chas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-chas)
- **Chris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-chris)
- **chose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-chose)
- **chase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-chase)
- **chaos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-chaos)
- **Chile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-chile)
- **chats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-chats)
- **chime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-chime)
- **chaps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-chaps)
- **chasm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-chasm)
- **change** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-change)
- **chance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-chance)
- **choice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-choice)
- **charge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-charge)
- **choose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-choose)
- **Christ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-christ)
- **cheese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-cheese)
- **cruise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-cruise)
- **clause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-clause)
- **claire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-claire)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cahise`, `cchaise`, `chaies`, `chaisse`, `chasie`, `chhaise`, `chiase`, `hcaise`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chaise