chancellor

/ˈtʃɑːnsələ/

//ˈtʃɑːnsələ// noun

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"chancellor" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“chancellor” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,767. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,767
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.

Corpus desk

Index EN-chancellor · chancellor · English

chancellor · rank #5,767 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,767
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH cage

Nearest frequency peer: cage (-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 “chancellor”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “chancellor” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chancellor
PropertyValue
Headwordchancellor
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈtʃɑːnsələ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,767
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “chancellor”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).chancellorlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “cage” (#5,766), “cheers” (#5,768), “cabin” (#5,765). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “chancellor” is #5,767. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around chancellor (IPA /ˈtʃɑːnsələ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,767 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for chancellor, with forms such as "cahncellor", "cchancellor", and "chacnellor". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Anglo-Norman or Middle English chaunceler, chanceler, canceler (“chief administrative or executive officer of a ruler; chancellor, secretary; private secretary, scribe; Lord Chancellor of England; officer of the ruler's exchequer; a high administrative… The correct English form is chancellor, spelled C-H-A-N-C-E-L-L-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.
  2. 2
    A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.
  3. 3
    The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.
  4. 4
    A senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving ecclesiastical law.
  5. 5
    The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial.
  6. 6
    The foreman of a jury.
  7. 7
    The chief judge of a court of chancery (that is, one exercising equity jurisdiction).
  8. 8
    A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the rook and the knight.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chancellor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  2. Lord Chancellor

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman or Middle English chaunceler, chanceler, canceler (“chief administrative or executive officer of a ruler; chancellor, secretary; private secretary, scribe; Lord Chancellor of England; officer of the ruler's exchequer; a high administrative or executive officer (for example, a deputy or representative of a bishop; the head of a university)”), from Old French cancelier, chancelier (“chancellor”), from Late Latin cancellārius (“secretary; doorkeeper, porter; usher of a court of law stationed at the bars separating the public from the judges”), from Latin cancellī (plural of cancellus (“grate; bars, barrier; railings”), diminutive of cancer (“grid; barrier”), from Proto-Italic *karkros (“enclosure”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”)) + -ārius (suffix forming nouns denoting an agent of use). The word was present as Late Old English canceler, cancheler, from Norman cancheler, but was displaced in the 13th century by the Old French and Anglo-Norman forms mentioned above.

This word in other languages

canciller(Español)chancelier(Français)Kanzler(Deutsch)chanceler(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahncellor
  • cchancellor
  • chacnellor
  • chanccellor
  • chancellorr
  • chancellro
  • chancelolr
  • chancelor
  • chanclelor
  • chanecllor
  • channcellor
  • chhancellor
  • chnacellor
  • hcancellor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chancellor - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cahncellor2cchancellor1chacnellor2chanccellor1chancellorr1chancellro2chancelolr2chancelor1
Edit distance from "chancellor"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chancellor"?
"chancellor" is spelled C-H-A-N-C-E-L-L-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtʃɑːnsələ/.
What does "chancellor" mean?
As a noun, "chancellor" means: A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.
What are common misspellings of "chancellor"?
Common misspellings include "cahncellor", "cchancellor", "chacnellor", "chanccellor", "chancellorr". The correct spelling is "chancellor".
How do you pronounce "chancellor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chancellor" is /ˈtʃɑːnsələ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "chancellor"?
From Anglo-Norman or Middle English chaunceler, chanceler, canceler (“chief administrative or executive officer of a ruler; chancellor, secretary; private secretary, scribe; Lord Chancellor of England; officer of the ruler's exchequer; a high admi... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chancellor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

comparing14 variantsdemanding14 variantsfinancing14 variantsgentlemen14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list