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
43,570
“C” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An independent city, the county seat of Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. Named after Queen Charlotte.

Key facts for Charlottesville
PropertyValue
HeadwordCharlottesville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters15
Frequency rank#20,876
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Charlottesville” 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). Charlottesville lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). 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 43,570 “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.

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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Using “Charlottesville”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-H-A-R-L-O-T-T-E-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

Same frequency band

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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list