Chaos

\ˈkaːɔs\

/\ˈkaːɔs\/ noun

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The verdict

“Chaos” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,530. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,530
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chaos.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chaos · Chaos · French

Chaos · rank #5,530 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,530
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH bulle

Nearest frequency peer: bulle (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Chaos »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Chaos vs chat
40% similar
Chaos vs clos
40% similar
Chaos vs chou
40% similar

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

Key facts for Chaos
PropertyValue
HeadwordChaos
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkaːɔs\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,530
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Chaos »

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bulle » (#5,529), « briser » (#5,528), « clavier » (#5,532). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Chaos » est au #5,530. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Chaos (IPA \ˈkaːɔs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,530 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Chaos.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Chaos, with forms such as "cahos", "cchaos", and "chaoss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chat", "clos", "chou", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Chaos, spelled C-H-A-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chaos.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Benzinpreise sind hoch, auf den Flughäfen herrscht Chaos: Da spielt so manche Reisende, so mancher Reisender mit dem Gedanken, mit dem Zug zu verreisen.
  2. Das konstruktivistische Betongebäude, das in der Straße der Roten Armee die Offiziere des NKWD und ihre Familien beherbergt (...) blickt auf das, was einstmals der imposante Hauptbahnhof war und nun ein Chaos aus Steinen, Ziegeln und Metall ist (...)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahos
  • cchaos
  • chaoss
  • chaso
  • chhaos
  • choas
  • hcaos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Chaos - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cahos2cchaos1chaoss1chaso2chhaos1choas2hcaos2
Edit distance from "Chaos"

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 "Chaos"?
"Chaos" is spelled C-H-A-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkaːɔs\.
What does "Chaos" mean?
As a noun, "Chaos" means: Chaos.
What words are commonly confused with "Chaos"?
"Chaos" is commonly confused with "chat", "clos", "chou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Chaos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chaos" is \ˈkaːɔs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chaos" come from?
"Chaos" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bulle#5,529bords#5,527enjeu#5,557saisi#5,500

Similar misspelling depth

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

coffre7 variantssuisses7 variantsglobe7 variantsmixte7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list