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 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,128
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States.

Key facts for Chancellorsville
PropertyValue
HeadwordChancellorsville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters16
Frequency rank#86,128
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Chancellorsville” sits in English frequency

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

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Chancellorsville is uncommon English at frequency #86,128 among 43,570 “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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Using “Chancellorsville”

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-O-R-S-V-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list