cemetery
/ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/
"cemetery" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cemetery” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,444. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,444
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cemetery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,444 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cemetery” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around cemetery (IPA /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,444 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cemetery, with forms such as "ccemetery", "ceemtery", and "cemeetry". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel… The correct English form is cemetery, spelled C-E-M-E-T-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
Etymology
From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel (“mass grave, cemetery”) and Old English līctūn (“cemetery”).
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccemetery,ceemtery,cemeetry,cemeterry,cemeteryy,cemeteyr,cemetrey,cemettery,cemmetery,cemteery,cmeetery,ecmetery
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cemetery - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cemetery”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-E-M-E-T-E-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.