Chaldean
/kælˈdi.ən/
"chaldean" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Chaldean” is an uncommon English word, ranked #64,974 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #64,974
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chaldean |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kælˈdi.ən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,974 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chaldean” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Chaldean is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kælˈdi.ən/. Corpus data places it at rank #64,974 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Chaldean, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin chaldaeus [from Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaîos)] + -an. The correct English form is Chaldean, spelled C-H-A-L-D-E-A-N.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general.
Etymology
From Latin chaldaeus [from Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaîos)] + -an.
This word in other languages
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 “Chaldean”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-A-L-D-E-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kælˈdi.ən/ (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.