chasuble
/ˈt͡ʃæzjʊbəl/
"chasuble" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chasuble” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass.
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Index EN-chasuble · chasuble · English
chasuble · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | chasuble |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃæzjʊbəl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chasuble” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chasuble is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃæzjʊbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chasuble, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English chesible, from Old French chesible, from Late Latin casubla, an alteration of Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”). The correct English form is chasuble, spelled C-H-A-S-U-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chasuble appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Day broke. He saw three black hens asleep in a tree. He shuddered, horrified at this omen. Then he promised the Holy Virgin three chasubles for the church, and that he would go barefooted from the cemetery at Bertaux to the chapel of Vassonville.
He has magenta eyes, like old-fashioned vest buttons; he’s mowsy and glaubrous, brown like arnica and then green as the Nile; he’s quaky and qualmy and queasy and teasy; he chews chasubles and ripples rasubly.
Etymology
From Middle English chesible, from Old French chesible, from Late Latin casubla, an alteration of Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”).
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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.