Chavan
"chavan" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Chavan” is uncommon English (frequency #88,193 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,193
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Marathi.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chavan · Chavan · English
Chavan · rank #88,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,193
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Chappaqua
Nearest frequency peer: Chappaqua (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Chavan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ceramide
ceramide
11,811 corpus weight
- certitude
certitude
11,810 corpus weight
- Chappaqua
Chappaqua
11,809 corpus weight
- Chavan
Chavan
11,808 corpus weight
- cheesing
cheesing
11,806 corpus weight
- Chemnitz
Chemnitz
11,805 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Chavan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chavan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Chavan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Chavan is uncommon English at frequency #88,193 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Marathi.".
Chavan has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Marathi चव्हाण (cavhāṇ). The correct English form is Chavan, spelled C-H-A-V-A-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Marathi.
Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi चव्हाण (cavhāṇ).
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).