# chapter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈt͡ʃæptə(r)/ · frequency rank #2,245

## Definitions
1. One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
2. One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
3. Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
4. Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
5. Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
6. A section of a social body.
7. A section of a social body.
8. A meeting of a chapter of certain organized societies or orders.
9. A chapter house
10. A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
11. A location or compartment.
12. A prescribed reading at one of the canonical hours.

## Etymology
From Middle English chapitre, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum (“a chapter of a book, in Medieval Latin also a synod or council”), diminutive of caput (“a head”); see capital, capitulum, and chapiter, which are doublets of chapter.

## Easily confused with
- **crater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-crater)
- **chaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-chaser)
- **chaste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-chaste)
- **charter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-charter)
- **cheaper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-cheaper)
- **Chester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-chester)
- **coaster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-coaster)
- **charger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-charger)
- **chatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-chatter)
- **chopper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-chopper)
- **cheater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-cheater)
- **chatted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-chatted)
- **charted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-charted)
- **clapper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-clapper)
- **Chaucer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-chaucer)
- **chipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-chipper)
- **charmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-charmer)
- **clatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-clatter)
- **chapters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-chapters)
- **cater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cater-vs-chapter)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cahpter`, `cchapter`, `chapetr`, `chappter`, `chapterr`, `chaptre`, `chaptter`, `chatper`, `chhapter`, `chpater`, `hcapter`

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