chur
/t͡ʃɜː/
"chur" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chur” is uncommon English (frequency #77,531 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,531
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A strong voicing of agreement, approval, or thanks: awesome!, cheers!, ta!, thanks!.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chur · chur · English
chur · rank #77,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,531
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Christabel
Nearest frequency peer: Christabel (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “chur”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Chiarelli
Chiarelli
22,476 corpus weight
- Christabel
Christabel
22,471 corpus weight
- chur
chur
22,470 corpus weight
- Cilicia
Cilicia
22,469 corpus weight
- cineplex
cineplex
22,468 corpus weight
- Clarisse
Clarisse
22,465 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chur” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chur |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /t͡ʃɜː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #77,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chur” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chur is uncommon English at frequency #77,531 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /t͡ʃɜː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chur, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Modified from cheers. The correct English form is chur, spelled C-H-U-R.
Definition
- 1A strong voicing of agreement, approval, or thanks: awesome!, cheers!, ta!, thanks!.
- 2A parting salutation: bye, see you later.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Chur," Sir Howard [Morrison] hooted. "Chur doy, chur", which, translated, means something along the lines of: "Well done, mate".
K[evin] L[ambert]: Got 2 mates; dum as fuk; do nethin 4 me; can drive truks; fly planes, got kidz 2. / T[uhoe] L[ambert]: Cher cuz. Da dumber da better.
Etymology
Modified from cheers.
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.
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