α. Middle English chauntcleer, Middle English chauntcler, Middle English chauntecheer (transmission error), Middle English chaunticler, Middle English 1600s chauntecleer, Middle English 1600s–1700s chantecleer, Middle English 1600s 1900s– chantecler, Middle English–1600s chanteclere, Middle English–1600s chauntecler, Middle English–1700s chaunteclere, 1500s chantecleir (Scottish), 1500s chauntcleare, 1500s chauntclere, 1500s chaunticlere, 1500s–1600s chanticlere, 1500s–1600s chauntecleere, 1500s–1600s chaunticleare, 1500s–1600s chaunticleere, 1600s chanteclear, 1600s chantecleare, 1600s chantecleere, 1600s chanticleere, 1600s chanticler, 1600s chaunticlear, 1600s– chanticleer.
β. Middle English chaunteler, Middle English chauntelere, Middle English chauntilere, Middle English chauntler, Middle English chauntrell.
γ. 1600s chant-it-cleare, 1700s–1800s chant-it-clear.
Also with capital initial. N.E.D. (1889) also records a form Middle English chaunticlere.