# Chaney

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #31,911

## Definitions
1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.
2. A female given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
Variant of Chesney.

## Easily confused with
- **chase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-chase)
- **crane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-crane)
- **chang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-chang)
- **chant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-chant)
- **Coney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-coney)
- **change** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-change)
- **chapel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-chapel)
- **chased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-chased)
- **Cheney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-cheney)
- **cranes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-cranes)
- **chunky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-chunky)
- **Chavez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-chavez)
- **chases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-chases)
- **cranky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-cranky)
- **chaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-chaser)
- **clancy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-clancy)
- **chatty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-chatty)
- **Cooney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-cooney)
- **Changi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-changi)
- **changes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-changes)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cahney`, `cchaney`, `chaeny`, `chaneyy`, `channey`, `chanye`, `chhaney`, `chnaey`, `hcaney`

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