choir
/kwaɪɚ/noun, verb
choir is spelled C-H-O-I-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, choir means “A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of choir is choirs.
How many letters and syllables are in choir?
| Letters | 5: C-H-O-I-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.6 times per million words; the 8,542nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is choir?
Choir appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce choir?
- UK /kwaɪə(ɹ)/
- UK /kwɑə(ɹ)~ kwɑː(ɹ)/
- US /kwaɪɚ/
Choir has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-choir.ogg, En-us-choir.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with choir
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: quire (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: quire.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with choir?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as choir from its last stressed vowel (/aɪəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: chiro, ichor.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of choir
- choirs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- choiring participle, present
- choired participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does choir mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
The church choir practices Thursday nights.
- 2
One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church, generally used by the choir; often near the apse.
- 3
One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels.
- 4
A group of angels, especially when depicted in art.
- 5
Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
- 6
Any group or assemblage producing sound together; a chorus of loud cries or noises.
verb
- 1
To sing in concert.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Choir in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chœur, chorale , classe |
| German | Chor , Engelschor |
| Portuguese | coro, coral |
| Spanish | coro, orfeón, escolanía, masa coral |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does choir come from?
From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and French chœur. Doublet of quire, chorus, and hora. Displaced native Old English hād.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).