choral
/ˈkɔɹəl/adjective, noun
choral is spelled C-H-O-R-A-L: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “choral vs chorale” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, choral means “Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in choral?
| Letters | 6: C-H-O-R-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
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 choral?
Choral appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th 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 choral?
- UK /ˈkɔːɹəl/
- US /ˈkɔɹəl/
As a noun (“Alternative form of chorale”): /ˈkɒɹɑːl/.
Choral 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-choral1.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-choral2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with choral
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: chorale.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with choral?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as choral from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹəl/):
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 choral
- chorals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does choral mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus.
Palestrina wrote choral music for the Catholic church.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of chorale.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Choral in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to a choir or chorus:
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 choral come from?
From Late Latin choralis, from Latin chorus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).