perchance

1. 1.

   through chance

   “To sleep, perchance to dream...”

   Synonymsby chance

   archaism

2. 2.

   by chance

   “perhaps she will call tomorrow”

   “we may possibly run into them at the concert”

   “it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time”

   Synonymspossiblyperhapsmaybemayhapperadventure

Questions about perchance

What does perchance mean?

perchance means "through chance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in perchance?

perchance has 2 syllables: per-chance. The stress falls on "chance". In IPA it is /pɚˈtʃæns/.

What is another word for perchance?

Close synonyms include by chance, possibly, perhaps, maybe, mayhap. 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 perchance a common word?

perchance is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with perchance?

1 word rhymes with perchance. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.