chorus
/ˈkɔːɹəs/
"chorus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chorus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,258. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,258
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chorus · chorus · English
chorus · rank #8,258 · 9 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,258
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH chrome
Nearest frequency peer: chrome (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “chorus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- champ
champ
91,747 corpus weight
- Champagne
Champagne
91,746 corpus weight
- cheated
cheated
91,745 corpus weight
- chorus
chorus
91,743 corpus weight
- chrome
chrome
91,742 corpus weight
- clarity
clarity
91,741 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “chorus” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chorus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔːɹəs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chorus” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around chorus (IPA /ˈkɔːɹəs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,258 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 17 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chorus, with forms such as "cchorus", "chhorus", and "chorrus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "chou", "Chris", "corps", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: The noun is borrowed from Medieval Latin chorus (“church choir”), Latin chorus (“group of dancers and singers; dance”), from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “group of dancers and singers, choir, chorus; dance accompanied by song; round dance”); The verb is der… The correct English form is chorus, spelled C-H-O-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
- 2A song performed by the singers of such a group.
- 3An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.
- 4A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.
- 5A group of people in a performance who recite together.
- 6An instance of singing by a group of people.
- 7A group of people, animals, or inanimate objects who make sounds together.
- 8The noise or sound made by such a group.
- 9A group of people who express a unanimous opinion.
- 10The opinion expressed by such a group.
- 11A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
- 12A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain.
- 13The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.
- 14A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
- 15A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.
- 16A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
- 17The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chorus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[W]ee would that the voice and dialect of the propheteſſe Pythia, reſembling the ſpeech of a Chorus in a tragedie from a ſcaffold, ſhould pronounce her anſwers not in ſimple, plaine, and triviall termes, without any grace to ſet them out, but with Poeticall magnificence of high and ſtately verſes, diſguiſed as it were with metaphors and figurative phraſes…
And the Apocalyps of Saint Iohn is the majeſtick image of a high and ſtately Tragedy, ſhutting up and intermingling her ſolemn Scenes and Acts with a ſevenfold Chorus of halleluja's and harping ſymphonies: […]
Etymology
The noun is borrowed from Medieval Latin chorus (“church choir”), Latin chorus (“group of dancers and singers; dance”), from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “group of dancers and singers, choir, chorus; dance accompanied by song; round dance”); The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of choir, chore, and hora.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchorus
- chhorus
- chorrus
- chorsu
- choruss
- chours
- chrous
- cohrus
- hcorus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chorus - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chorus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.