# chaste

> English word · Adjective · IPA /t͡ʃeɪst/ · frequency rank #36,921

## Definitions
1. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly
2. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly
3. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly
4. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly
5. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly

## Etymology
From Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste (“morally pure”), from Latin castus (“pure”).

## Easily confused with
- **chat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-chat)
- **coast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-coast)
- **chose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-chose)
- **chest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-chest)
- **crate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-crate)
- **chats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-chats)
- **chute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-chute)
- **coasts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-coasts)
- **chests** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-chests)
- **chatty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-chatty)
- **Chester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-chester)
- **coaster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-coaster)
- **chatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-chatter)
- **chatted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-chatted)
- **chested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaste-vs-chested)
- **case** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-chaste)
- **cast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cast-vs-chaste)
- **cate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-chaste)
- **Chas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chas-vs-chaste)
- **Chae** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chae-vs-chaste)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cahste`, `cchaste`, `chaset`, `chasste`, `chastte`, `chatse`, `chhaste`, `chsate`, `hcaste`

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