Chaves
"chaves" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Chaves” is uncommon English (frequency #77,521 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,521
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Ibero-Romance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chaves · Chaves · English
Chaves · rank #77,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,521
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chelation
Nearest frequency peer: chelation (+2 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 “Chaves”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- centroid
centroid
22,484 corpus weight
- cerium
cerium
22,483 corpus weight
- Chaves
Chaves
22,480 corpus weight
- chelation
chelation
22,478 corpus weight
- chemise
chemise
22,477 corpus weight
- Chiarelli
Chiarelli
22,476 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Chaves” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chaves |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Chaves” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Chaves is uncommon English at frequency #77,521 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Chaves, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish Chaves, a city and castle in Portugal. Doublet of Chavez. The correct English form is Chaves, spelled C-H-A-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1A surname from Ibero-Romance.
- 2A surname from Ibero-Romance.
- 3A surname from Ibero-Romance.
- 4A city and municipality in Vila Real district, Portugal.
- 5A municipality of Pará, Brazil.
- 6Ellipsis of Chaves County: a county of New Mexico, United States.
Etymology
From Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish Chaves, a city and castle in Portugal. Doublet of Chavez.
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).