# choice

> English word · Noun · IPA /tʃɔɪs/ · frequency rank #862

## Definitions
1. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
2. The power to choose.
3. One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
4. Anything that can be chosen.
5. The best or most preferable part.
6. Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
7. A sufficient number to choose among.
8. Ellipsis of axiom of choice.

## Etymology
From Middle English chois, from Old French chois (“choice”), from choisir (“to choose, perceive”), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *causīre (“to choose”), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną, from *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”). Akin to Old High German kiosan (“to choose”), Old English ċēosan (“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa (“to choose”). More at choose.

## Easily confused with
- **chose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choice-vs-chose)
- **choir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choice-vs-choir)
- **choke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choice-vs-choke)
- **chore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choice-vs-chore)
- **choose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choice-vs-choose)
- **choices** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choice-vs-choices)
- **chic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chic-vs-choice)
- **Choi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choi-vs-choice)
- **choc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choc-vs-choice)
- **chick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-choice)
- **Chile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-choice)
- **chico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chico-vs-choice)
- **chime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chime-vs-choice)
- **chock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-choice)
- **chica** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chica-vs-choice)
- **choco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choco-vs-choice)
- **chance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chance-vs-choice)
- **chaise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaise-vs-choice)
- **chalice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chalice-vs-choice)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cchoice`, `chhoice`, `chioce`, `chocie`, `choicce`, `choiec`, `cohice`, `hcoice`

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