chœur
\kœʁ\
The verdict
“chœur” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,357. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,357
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troupe de gens qui chantent ensemble.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chœur” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around chœur (IPA \kœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,357 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for chœur, with forms such as "cchœur", "chhœur", and "chuœr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CHR", "cour", "cher", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chœur, spelled C-H-Œ-U-R.
Definition
- 1Troupe de gens qui chantent ensemble.
- 2Morceau de musique à plusieurs parties qui est chanté par le chœur.
- 3Partie de l’église, séparée de la nef, où l’on chante la messe et qui abrite l’autel.
- 4Ensemble des chantres qui sont dans le chœur.
- 5Ensemble de personnages qui chantent, soit dans le cours de la pièce, soit dans les intervalles.
- 6Ce que chante un chœur.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchœur
- chhœur
- chuœr
- chœru
- chœurr
- cœhur
- hcœur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chœur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “chœur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-Œ-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “CHR” - see the side-by-side comparison. chœur vs CHR
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.