chœur
The verdict
“chœur” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #8,357 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,357
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Troupe de gens qui chantent ensemble.
| 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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chœur is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,357 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for chœur, with forms such as "cchœur", "chhœur", and "chuœr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CHR", "cour", "cher", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is chœur, spelled C-H-Œ-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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.
Edit distance from "chœur"
Frequency rank: #8,357 in French
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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
Nearby French words
Other entries that begin with the letter C in our French index: