# chrome

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɹəʊm/ · frequency rank #8,259

## Definitions
1. Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
2. The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.
3. handguns

## Etymology
Borrowed from French chrome.

## Easily confused with
- **come** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chrome-vs-come)
- **crime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chrome-vs-crime)
- **crore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chrome-vs-crore)
- **crème** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chrome-vs-creme)
- **Croke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chrome-vs-croke)
- **crone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chrome-vs-crone)
- **chose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chose-vs-chrome)
- **Chloe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chloe-vs-chrome)
- **choke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choke-vs-chrome)
- **chore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chore-vs-chrome)
- **chime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chime-vs-chrome)
- **choose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choose-vs-chrome)
- **Carole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-chrome)
- **chroma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chroma-vs-chrome)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cchrome`, `chhrome`, `chorme`, `chrmoe`, `chroem`, `chromme`, `chrrome`, `crhome`, `hcrome`

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