sedan chair
/səˈdæn ˌtʃɛər/
"sedan-chair" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sedan chair” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An open or enclosed chair raised on poles and carried by people or animals, used as a mode of transport.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sedan-chair · sedan chair · English
sedan chair · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sedan chair |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /səˈdæn ˌtʃɛər/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sedan chair” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sedan chair is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /səˈdæn ˌtʃɛər/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for sedan chair in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clarifying the intended meaning or sense of sedan. The correct English form is sedan chair, spelled S-E-D-A-N- -C-H-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1An open or enclosed chair raised on poles and carried by people or animals, used as a mode of transport.
- 2An equivalent mode of transport created by two people grasping each other's forearms, making a seat for the rider.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sedan chair appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Rio de Janeiro the gentry keep their chaises, which are drawn by mules; the ladies however use a sedan chair, boarded before and behind, with curtains on each side, which is carried by two negroes on a pole connected with the top of the chair, by two rods, coming from under its bottom, one on each side, and resting to the top.
Mr. G.'s published letters have widely diffused his favorite position, that "China is open." He still maintains this position, though others have risen to controvert it. To me it seems that, whether or not it is open to the settlement of missionaries is a matter to be decided only by experiment; to make which, there are not more than himself and three oth…
Etymology
Clarifying the intended meaning or sense of sedan.
This word in other languages
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.