Cheddar

[ˈt͡ʃɛdɐ]

/[ˈt͡ʃɛdɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Cheddar” is uncommon German (frequency #73,358 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,358
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Großbritannien stammender Kuhmilchkäse

Corpus desk

Index DE-cheddar · Cheddar · German

Cheddar · rank #73,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,358
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH chapel

Nearest frequency peer: chapel (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Cheddar“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Cheddar“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cheddar
PropertyValue
HeadwordCheddar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡ʃɛdɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,358
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Cheddar“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Cheddarfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „chapel“ (#73,357), „Chlorophyll“ (#73,359), „citrus“ (#73,361). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Cheddar“ bei #73,358. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cheddar is uncommon German at frequency #73,358 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃɛdɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus Großbritannien stammender Kuhmilchkäse".

Cheddar has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Cheddar, spelled C-H-E-D-D-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus Großbritannien stammender Kuhmilchkäse

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Cheddar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Solche Leute gibt es. Alles ist vorbildlich organisiert, aber dann stellen sie fest, dass Monterey Jack statt Cheddar vorgesehen ist, und plötzlich drehen sie durch.“

Synonyms

Cheddarkäse

This word in other languages

cheddar(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cheddar"?
"Cheddar" is spelled C-H-E-D-D-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃɛdɐ].
What does "Cheddar" mean?
As a noun, "Cheddar" means: aus Großbritannien stammender Kuhmilchkäse
How do you pronounce "Cheddar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cheddar" is [ˈt͡ʃɛdɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cheddar" come from?
"Cheddar" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cheddar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

concern#73,365candela#73,349Büchsen#73,348Córdoba#73,372

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list