Charlottesville

name

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"charlottesville" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Charlottesville” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,876. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,876
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An independent city, the county seat of Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. Named after Queen Charlotte.

Corpus desk

Index EN-charlottesville · Charlottesville · English

Charlottesville · rank #20,876 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,876
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH cessation

Nearest frequency peer: cessation (-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 “Charlottesville”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “Charlottesville” 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 Charlottesville
PropertyValue
HeadwordCharlottesville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters15
Frequency rank#20,876
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Charlottesville”

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).Charlottesvillelands here:

#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. Same rarity band neighbours include “cessation” (#20,875), “Charlton” (#20,877), “charmed” (#20,878). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “Charlottesville” is #20,876. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around Charlottesville, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,876 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Charlottesville, with forms such as "cahrlottesville", "ccharlottesville", and "chalrottesville". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Charlotte + -s- + -ville. Named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), the consort of George III. The correct English form is Charlottesville, spelled C-H-A-R-L-O-T-T-E-S-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An independent city, the county seat of Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. Named after Queen Charlotte.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Hancock County and Rush County, Indiana, United States.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rather, we have to refocus our political debates and conversation around a different kind of discussion of ethics, one that can look at a Civil War battlefield or the streets of Charlottesville or the floor of the US Senate and see that there are fights that are righteous and there are fights that are not – and begin to build from there.
  2. Nick Fuentes, an attendee of the Unite the Right demonstration in Charlottesville and host of the podcast America First, is also one of the leaders of the Groypers, or the Groyper Army, a White nationalist group named after the meme […]

Etymology

From Charlotte + -s- + -ville. Named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), the consort of George III.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrlottesville
  • ccharlottesville
  • chalrottesville
  • charllottesville
  • charlotesville
  • charlotetsville
  • charlottesivlle
  • charlottessville
  • charlottesvile
  • charlottesvilel
  • charlottesvlile
  • charlottesvville
  • charlottevsille
  • charlottseville
  • charltotesville
  • charolttesville
  • charrlottesville
  • chharlottesville
  • chralottesville
  • hcarlottesville

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Charlottesville - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cahrlottesville2ccharlottesville1chalrottesville2charllottesville1charlotesville1charlotetsville2charlottesivlle2charlottessville1
Edit distance from "Charlottesville"

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 "Charlottesville"?
"Charlottesville" is spelled C-H-A-R-L-O-T-T-E-S-V-I-L-L-E.
What does "Charlottesville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Charlottesville" means: An independent city, the county seat of Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. Named after Queen Charlotte.
What are common misspellings of "Charlottesville"?
Common misspellings include "cahrlottesville", "ccharlottesville", "chalrottesville", "charllottesville", "charlotesville". The correct spelling is "Charlottesville".
What is the origin of the word "Charlottesville"?
From Charlotte + -s- + -ville. Named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), the consort of George III. 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 "Charlottesville", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list