Chefarzt
[ˈʃɛfˌʔaːɐ̯t͡st]
The verdict
“Chefarzt” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,548. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,548
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - leitender Arzt in einem Krankenhaus oder einer anderen medizinischen Einrichtung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chefarzt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛfˌʔaːɐ̯t͡st] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chefarzt” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Chefarzt (IPA [ˈʃɛfˌʔaːɐ̯t͡st]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,548 among 20,081 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Chefarzt, with forms such as "cchefarzt", "cehfarzt", and "cheafrzt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Chefarzt, spelled C-H-E-F-A-R-Z-T.
Definition
- 1leitender Arzt in einem Krankenhaus oder einer anderen medizinischen Einrichtung
- 2Arzt bei einer Krankenkasse oder Behörde, der gesundheitliche Beeinträchtigungen der Versicherten beziehungsweise Mitarbeiter beurteilt und gegebenenfalls Maßnahmen bewilligt
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchefarzt
- cehfarzt
- cheafrzt
- chefarrzt
- chefartz
- chefarztt
- chefarzzt
- chefazrt
- cheffarzt
- chefrazt
- chfearzt
- chhefarzt
- hcefarzt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Chefarzt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “Chefarzt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-H-E-F-A-R-Z-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃɛfˌʔaːɐ̯t͡st] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.