chez vs CHR, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“chez” is a preposition and “CHR” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#129
“chez” frequency rank: #30,945
“CHR” frequency rank: 31074
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	chez	CHR
Definition	Dans la maison de, au logis de ; associé au lieu de résidence ou d'activité d'une personne.	Centre hospitalier régional (en France).

Letter map: chez vs CHR

Shared letters muted; letters that set chez and CHR apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

chez

3 ch

CHR

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: chez is apreposition and CHRanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chez is recorded at frequency rank #129, classified as aprep, pronounced \ʃe\. CHR is at rank #30,945, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 31074, this pair ranks #306,155 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chez vs CHR

Shared letters: ch. Private to "chez": ez. Private to "CHR": r.

"chez" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "CHR" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

chez ← cchez · cehz · chezz · chhez · chze · hcez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "chez" and "CHR" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "chez" is a preposition and "CHR" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "chez" or "CHR"?

"chez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #129 in our French list, against #30,945 for "CHR". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "chez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "CHR" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #306,155 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"chez" and "CHR" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CHR vs ciro". Nearby pair
Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.