# chapel

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/ · frequency rank #6,771

## Definitions
1. A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
2. A place of worship in another building or within a civil institution such as a larger church, airport, prison, monastery, school, etc.; often primarily for private prayer.
3. A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant; for example, of Nonconformist or Dissenter congregations.
4. A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.
5. A trade union branch in printing or journalism.
6. A printing office.
7. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.

## Etymology
From Middle English chapele, chapel, from Old French chapele, from Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Doublet of capelle.
(printing office): Said to be because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.

## Easily confused with
- **chase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapel-vs-chase)
- **chaps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapel-vs-chaps)
- **chased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapel-vs-chased)
- **Chavez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapel-vs-chavez)
- **compel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapel-vs-compel)
- **chases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapel-vs-chases)
- **chaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapel-vs-chaser)
- **chisel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapel-vs-chisel)
- **Chapin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapel-vs-chapin)
- **chapter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapel-vs-chapter)
- **cheaper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapel-vs-cheaper)
- **cape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cape-vs-chapel)
- **chap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chap-vs-chapel)
- **Chae** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chae-vs-chapel)
- **camel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camel-vs-chapel)
- **capes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/capes-vs-chapel)
- **caper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caper-vs-chapel)
- **Chanel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-chapel)
- **chalet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chalet-vs-chapel)
- **Chaney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-chapel)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cahpel`, `cchapel`, `chaepl`, `chapell`, `chaple`, `chappel`, `chhapel`, `chpael`, `hcapel`

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