# Chavez

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #19,556

## Definitions
1. A surname from Spanish.
2. Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.

## Etymology
From Spanish Chávez, variant of Chaves, from Galician Chaves (“Chaves in Portugal and its castle”).

## Easily confused with
- **chez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chavez-vs-chez)
- **Chaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chavez-vs-chaz)
- **crave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chavez-vs-crave)
- **craven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chavez-vs-craven)
- **craved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chavez-vs-craved)
- **craves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chavez-vs-craves)
- **chives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chavez-vs-chives)
- **cave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cave-vs-chavez)
- **Chae** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chae-vs-chavez)
- **chase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chase-vs-chavez)
- **caves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caves-vs-chavez)
- **caved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caved-vs-chavez)
- **chapel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapel-vs-chavez)
- **chased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chased-vs-chavez)
- **Chanel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chanel-vs-chavez)
- **chases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chases-vs-chavez)
- **chaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-chavez)
- **chalet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chalet-vs-chavez)
- **Chaney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-chavez)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cahvez`, `cchavez`, `chaevz`, `chavezz`, `chavvez`, `chavze`, `chhavez`, `chvaez`, `hcavez`

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