chorea
/kəˈɹi.ə/noun
chorea is spelled C-H-O-R-E-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chorea means “An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chorea is choreas or choreae.
How many letters and syllables are in chorea?
| Letters | 6: C-H-O-R-E-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is chorea?
Chorea appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st 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 chorea?
- /ˈkʰorɪjɑ/
- /kʰɵˈrɪjɑ/
- US /kəˈɹi.ə/
Chorea has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Korea.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-chorea.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with chorea?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as chorea from its last stressed vowel (/iə/):
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 chorea
- choreas plural
- choreae plural
- choreæ plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chorea mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus.
- 2
Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chorea in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 chorea come from?
From Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).