chode
/tʃəʊd/
"chode" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chode” is uncommon English (frequency #84,097 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,097
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past of chide
Corpus desk
Index EN-chode · chode · English
chode · rank #84,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,097
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Choudhary
Nearest frequency peer: Choudhary (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “chode”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cheon
Cheon
15,909 corpus weight
- chewable
chewable
15,908 corpus weight
- Chicana
Chicana
15,907 corpus weight
- chode
chode
15,904 corpus weight
- Choudhary
Choudhary
15,903 corpus weight
- cienega
cienega
15,900 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chode” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chode |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /tʃəʊd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chode” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chode is uncommon English at frequency #84,097 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /tʃəʊd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past of chide".
chode doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Formed in 16th–17th century by analogy with other strong verbs. The correct English form is chode, spelled C-H-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1simple past of chide
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
Etymology
Formed in 16th–17th century by analogy with other strong verbs.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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