# choir

> English word · Noun · IPA /kwaɪə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #8,522

## Definitions
1. A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
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.
4. Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **cor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-cor)
- **CHR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-chr)
- **coin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-coin)
- **chop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-chop)
- **coil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-coil)
- **chow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-chow)
- **choo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-choo)
- **chou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-chou)
- **cour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-cour)
- **Choy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-choy)
- **corr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-corr)
- **Chris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-chris)
- **chose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-chose)
- **choke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-choke)
- **chord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-chord)
- **chops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-chops)
- **Clair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-clair)
- **Chong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-chong)
- **chore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-chore)
- **Chopra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choir-vs-chopra)

## Common misspellings (7)
`cchoir`, `chhoir`, `chior`, `choirr`, `chori`, `cohir`, `hcoir`

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