chaplet
/ˈt͡ʃæplət/
"chaplet" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chaplet” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A garland or circlet for the head.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chaplet · chaplet · English
chaplet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | chaplet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃæplət/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chaplet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chaplet is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃæplət/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chaplet, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English chapelet, from Old French chapelet. Doublet of chapelet. The correct English form is chaplet, spelled C-H-A-P-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1A garland or circlet for the head.
- 2A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
- 3A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
- 4A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
- 5A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
- 6A series of spores or other objects arranged like beads on a string.
- 7A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
- 8A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
- 9A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
- 10Alternative form of chapelet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chaplet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Down the long street she passed, with her chaplet of beads and her missal,[…]
The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows of Mary consists of seven sets of Hail Marys.
Etymology
From Middle English chapelet, from Old French chapelet. Doublet of chapelet.
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.