# Chanel

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #15,123

## Definitions
1. A surname from French.
2. A female given name transferred from the surname.
3. Chanel, the French fashion house.

## Etymology
From French Chanel. As a given name, principally after Coco Chanel.

## Easily confused with
- **chase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-chase)
- **crane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-crane)
- **chang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-chang)
- **chant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-chant)
- **change** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-change)
- **chapel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-chapel)
- **chased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-chased)
- **Cheney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-cheney)
- **cranes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-cranes)
- **Chavez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-chavez)
- **chases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-chases)
- **chaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-chaser)
- **chisel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-chisel)
- **Chaney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-chaney)
- **Changi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-changi)
- **changes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-changes)
- **changed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-changed)
- **channel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-channel)
- **changer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-changer)
- **Chantal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-chantal)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cahnel`, `cchanel`, `chaenl`, `chanell`, `chanle`, `chhanel`, `chnael`, `hcanel`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chanel