champaign
/ˈʃæmpeɪn/
"champaign" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“champaign” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,035. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,035
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.
Corpus desk
Index EN-champaign · champaign · English
champaign · rank #26,035 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,035
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH certify
Nearest frequency peer: certify (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “champaign”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cavern
cavern
73,969 corpus weight
- Cedric
Cedric
73,968 corpus weight
- certify
certify
73,967 corpus weight
- champaign
champaign
73,966 corpus weight
- checker
checker
73,964 corpus weight
- chivalry
chivalry
73,963 corpus weight
What this shows “champaign” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | champaign |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃæmpeɪn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “champaign”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around champaign (IPA /ˈʃæmpeɪn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,035 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for champaign, with forms such as "cahmpaign", "cchampaign", and "chamapign". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "champion", "Champlain", "campaign", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French champaigne, from Late Latin campānia. The correct English form is champaign, spelled C-H-A-M-P-A-I-G-N.
Definition
- 1Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.
- 2A battlefield.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how champaign appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thenne ſyre Gawayne was ſore greued with theſe wordes / and pulled oute his ſwerd and ſmote of his hede / And therwith torned theyr horſes and rode ouer waters and thurgh woodes tyl they came to theyre buſſhement / where as ſyr Lyonel and ſyr Bedeuer were houyng / The romayns folowed faſt after on horſbak and on foote ouer a chãpayn vnto a wood […]
Of all theſe bounds euen from this Line, to this, / With ſhadowie Forreſts, and with Champains rich'd / With plenteous Riuers, and wide-ſkirted Meades / We make thee Lady.
Etymology
From Old French champaigne, from Late Latin campānia.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cahmpaign
- cchampaign
- chamapign
- chammpaign
- champagin
- champaiggn
- champaignn
- champaing
- champiagn
- champpaign
- chapmaign
- chhampaign
- chmapaign
- hcampaign
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of champaign - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).