# chariot

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈt͡ʃæɹɪət/ · frequency rank #19,784

## Definitions
1. A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
2. A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
3. The rook piece.

## Etymology
From Middle English chariot, from Old French chariot, from char (“cart”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”), itself borrowed from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós. Displaced native Old English hrædwæġn (literally “fast wagon”).

## Easily confused with
- **chart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chariot-vs-chart)
- **Christ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chariot-vs-christ)
- **charity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chariot-vs-charity)
- **clarion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chariot-vs-clarion)
- **Cypriot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chariot-vs-cypriot)
- **carrot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carrot-vs-chariot)
- **Charing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charing-vs-chariot)

## Common misspellings (10)
`cahriot`, `cchariot`, `chairot`, `chariott`, `charito`, `charoit`, `charriot`, `chhariot`, `chraiot`, `hcariot`

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