chancellery
/ˈtʃɑːn.sə.lə.ɹi/
"chancellery" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chancellery” is uncommon English (frequency #67,302 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,302
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The rank or post of a chancellor.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chancellery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtʃɑːn.sə.lə.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #67,302 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chancellery” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chancellery is uncommon English at frequency #67,302 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtʃɑːn.sə.lə.ɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
chancellery doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English chancelrie, from Old French chancelerie (Modern French chancellerie), from Late Latin cancellaria. Doublet of chancery. The correct English form is chancellery, spelled C-H-A-N-C-E-L-L-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1The rank or post of a chancellor.
- 2The office or staff of a chancellor.
- 3The building in which such an office is situated.
Etymology
From Middle English chancelrie, from Old French chancelerie (Modern French chancellerie), from Late Latin cancellaria. Doublet of chancery.
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 “chancellery”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-A-N-C-E-L-L-E-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtʃɑːn.sə.lə.ɹi/ (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.