chamber
/ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/
"chamber" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chamber” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #3,151 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,151
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A room or set of rooms
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chamber |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chamber” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for chamber is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,151 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chamber, with forms such as "cahmber", "cchamber", and "chabmer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "chaser", "Cramer", "chapter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English chambre, borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”). Doublet of camera. The correct English form is chamber, spelled C-H-A-M-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1A room or set of rooms
- 2A room or set of rooms
- 3A room or set of rooms
- 4A room or set of rooms
- 5A room or set of rooms
- 6A room or set of rooms
- 7Ellipsis of chamber pot (“a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers”).
- 8The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
- 9Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
- 10An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
- 11The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
- 12One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
- 13A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
- 14One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.
Etymology
From Middle English chambre, borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”). Doublet of camera.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cahmber,cchamber,chabmer,chambber,chamberr,chambre,chamebr,chammber,chhamber,chmaber,hcamber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chamber - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “chamber”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-A-M-B-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “chaser” - see the side-by-side comparison. chamber vs chaser
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.