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 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,302
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The rank or post of a chancellor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chancellery · chancellery · English
chancellery · rank #67,302 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,302
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chanson
Nearest frequency peer: chanson (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “chancellery”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- casework
casework
32,703 corpus weight
- caulk
caulk
32,702 corpus weight
- chancellery
chancellery
32,699 corpus weight
- chanson
chanson
32,698 corpus weight
- Chea
Chea
32,696 corpus weight
- cherubs
cherubs
32,695 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chancellery” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “chancellery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chancellery is uncommon English at frequency #67,302 among 5,599 “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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).