chorus
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "chorus", 6-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "chorus" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "chorus" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
chorus is aEnglishnoun. It means: A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song. Pronounced /ˈkɔːɹəs/. It ranks #8,258 in English word frequency. Often confused with chou and Chris.
| 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) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for chorus is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɔːɹəs/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,258 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for chorus, with forms such as "cchorus", "chhorus", and "chorrus". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "chou", "Chris", "corps", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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… Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is chorus, spelled C-H-O-R-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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.
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.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchorus,chhorus,chorrus,chorsu,choruss,chours,chrous,cohrus,hcorus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chorus
Misspelling Variants of "chorus"
Frequency rank: #8,258 in English
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