chosen

Other forms of chosen

plural

chosens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chosen

What does chosen mean?

chosen means "one who is the object of choice; who is given preference". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chosen?

chosen has 2 syllables: cho-sen. The stress falls on "cho". In IPA it is /ˈtʃoʊzən/.

What is another word for chosen?

Close synonyms include elect. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chosen a common word?

chosen is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.