# chowder

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈt͡ʃaʊdɚ/ · frequency rank #37,854

## Definitions
1. A thick, creamy soup or stew.
2. A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.
3. Alternative spelling of jowter.

## Etymology
Probably borrowed from French chaudière, from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Related to English cauldron.
Possibly from older English jowter (“fish monger”).

## Easily confused with
- **coder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chowder-vs-coder)
- **cower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chowder-vs-cower)
- **Cowper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chowder-vs-cowper)
- **crowded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chowder-vs-crowded)
- **crowder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chowder-vs-crowder)
- **choker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choker-vs-chowder)
- **chopper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chopper-vs-chowder)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cchowder`, `chhowder`, `chodwer`, `chowdder`, `chowderr`, `chowdre`, `chowedr`, `chowwder`, `chwoder`, `cohwder`, `hcowder`

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