chœur

Name: chœur, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\kœʁ\

/\kœʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

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: 8,609
“C” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troupe de gens qui chantent ensemble.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ch-ur · chœur · French

chœur · rank #8,357 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #8,357
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH chêne

Nearest frequency peer: chêne (-1 rank slots)

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.

chauffer

91,647
chauve

91,646
chêne

91,645
chœur

91,644
cinquantaine

91,643
commencez

91,641

What this shows « chœur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chœur vs CHR

0% similar

chœur vs cour

60% similar

chœur vs cher

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chœur
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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chœur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chœurse place ici:

#8,357

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chêne » (#8,356), « cinquantaine » (#8,358), « chauve » (#8,355). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chœur » est au #8,357. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around chœur (IPA \kœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,357 among 8,609 “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

1
Troupe de gens qui chantent ensemble.
2
Morceau de musique à plusieurs parties qui est chanté par le chœur.
3
Partie de l’église, séparée de la nef, où l’on chante la messe et qui abrite l’autel.
4
Ensemble des chantres qui sont dans le chœur.
5
Ensemble de personnages qui chantent, soit dans le cours de la pièce, soit dans les intervalles.
6
Ce que chante un chœur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chœur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Un excellent chœur de musique.
La messe fut chantée à quatre chœurs de musique.

This word in other languages

chorus(English)coro(Español)Chor(Deutsch)coral(Português)

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"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chœur"?

"chœur" is spelled C-H-Œ-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kœʁ\.

What does "chœur" mean?

As a noun, "chœur" means: Troupe de gens qui chantent ensemble.

What words are commonly confused with "chœur"?

"chœur" is commonly confused with "CHR", "cour", "cher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "chœur"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chœur" is \kœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "chœur" come from?

"chœur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chœur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chêne#8,356 brève#8,347 cross#8,369 Dakar#8,371

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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