Chancellorsville

name

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"chancellorsville" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Chancellorsville” is uncommon English (frequency #86,128 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,128
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States.

Corpus desk

Index EN-chancellorsville · Chancellorsville · English

Chancellorsville · rank #86,128 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,128
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH chalcedony

Nearest frequency peer: chalcedony (-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 “Chancellorsville”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Chancellorsville” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Chancellorsville
PropertyValue
HeadwordChancellorsville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters16
Frequency rank#86,128
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Chancellorsville” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Chancellorsvillefalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “chalcedony” (#86,127), “Changchun” (#86,129), “Chalcedon” (#86,126). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “Chancellorsville” is #86,128. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Chancellorsville is uncommon English at frequency #86,128 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Chancellorsville in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: After George Chancellor; from Chancellor + -s- + -ville. The correct English form is Chancellorsville, spelled C-H-A-N-C-E-L-L-O-R-S-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States.
  2. 2
    The Battle of Chancellorsville, 1863, which occurred there.

Etymology

After George Chancellor; from Chancellor + -s- + -ville.

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 "Chancellorsville"?
"Chancellorsville" is spelled C-H-A-N-C-E-L-L-O-R-S-V-I-L-L-E.
What does "Chancellorsville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Chancellorsville" means: An unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States.
What is the origin of the word "Chancellorsville"?
After George Chancellor; from Chancellor + -s- + -ville. 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 "Chancellorsville", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list