# chosen

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈt͡ʃəʊ.zən/ · frequency rank #2,431

## Definitions
1. past participle of choose
2. past participle of chuse

## Etymology
From Middle English chosen, ychosen, ichosen, re-analysed variant of coren, icoren, ȝecoren (“chosen”), from Old English coren, ġecoren (“chosen”), past participle of Old English ċēosan (“to choose”). Morphologically equivalent to choose + -en (past participle ending).

## Easily confused with
- **close** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chosen-vs-close)
- **Cohen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chosen-vs-cohen)
- **coven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chosen-vs-coven)
- **closed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chosen-vs-closed)
- **closer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chosen-vs-closer)
- **closet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chosen-vs-closet)
- **closes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chosen-vs-closes)
- **Chen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chen-vs-chosen)
- **chose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chose-vs-chosen)
- **chase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chase-vs-chosen)
- **choke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choke-vs-chosen)
- **chore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chore-vs-chosen)
- **choose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choose-vs-chosen)
- **chased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chased-vs-chosen)
- **choked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choked-vs-chosen)
- **chases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chases-vs-chosen)
- **chaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-chosen)
- **chisel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chisel-vs-chosen)
- **Chopin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chopin-vs-chosen)
- **chokes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chokes-vs-chosen)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cchosen`, `chhosen`, `choesn`, `chosenn`, `chosne`, `chossen`, `chsoen`, `cohsen`, `hcosen`

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