no chance

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"no-chance" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“no chance” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Absolutely not; under no circumstances.

Key facts for no chance
PropertyValue
Headwordno chance
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “no chance” sits in English frequency

no chance falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

no chance is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Absolutely not; under no circumstances.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for no chance, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is no chance, spelled N-O- -C-H-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Absolutely not; under no circumstances.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "no chance"?
"no chance" is spelled N-O- -C-H-A-N-C-E.
What does "no chance" mean?
As an interjection, "no chance" means: Absolutely not; under no circumstances.
What language does "no chance" come from?
"no chance" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “no chance”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is N-O- -C-H-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list