chorée
\kɔ.ʁe\
The verdict
“chorée” is uncommon French (frequency #63,624 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,624
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En métrique ancienne, pied composé de deux syllabes dont la première est longue et la seconde brève, comme arma et ordinairement appelée trochée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-choree · chorée · French
chorée · rank #63,624 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,624
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH choquées
Nearest frequency peer: choquées (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « chorée »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cherchèrent
cherchèrent
36,380 corpus weight
- chest
chest
36,379 corpus weight
- choquées
choquées
36,378 corpus weight
- chorée
chorée
36,377 corpus weight
- choupette
choupette
36,376 corpus weight
- circonscrite
circonscrite
36,374 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chorée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chorée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,624 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chorée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chorée is uncommon French at frequency #63,624 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
chorée has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chorée, spelled C-H-O-R-É-E.
Definition
- 1En métrique ancienne, pied composé de deux syllabes dont la première est longue et la seconde brève, comme arma et ordinairement appelée trochée.
- 2Pied composé de trois brèves, tribraque.
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); 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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