chances are

the likelihood is (followed by a clause stating what is likely). Chances are that she would have been late even if she had left on time.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Artakhshathra	-	Ancient Persian
AndrÉS	ahn-DRES (Spanish)	Spanish, Icelandic
CĂTĂLina	-	Romanian
Vinal	-	English (Rare)
Amir (2)	ah-MEER	Hebrew
Mare	MAH-re (Croatian)	Estonian, Slovene, Macedonian, Croatian