Cheddar
/ˈt͡ʃɛdɚ/
"cheddar" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cheddar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,785. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,785
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large village and civil parish, previously in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England, famous for its cheese, and also for its gorge, caves and remains of early man found in them (OS grid ref ST4553).
Corpus desk
Index EN-cheddar · Cheddar · English
Cheddar · rank #19,785 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #19,785
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chariot
Nearest frequency peer: chariot (-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 “Cheddar”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Cesar
Cesar
80,219 corpus weight
- chai
chai
80,218 corpus weight
- chariot
chariot
80,217 corpus weight
- Cheddar
Cheddar
80,216 corpus weight
- chilli
chilli
80,215 corpus weight
- cholera
cholera
80,214 corpus weight
What this shows “Cheddar” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cheddar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃɛdɚ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Cheddar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Cheddar (IPA /ˈt͡ʃɛdɚ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,785 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cheddar, with forms such as "ccheddar", "cehddar", and "chdedar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cedar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Ceodre, likely from the word ceodor (“cavity, pouch; ravine”), as there is a gorge near the town. The correct English form is Cheddar, spelled C-H-E-D-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1A large village and civil parish, previously in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England, famous for its cheese, and also for its gorge, caves and remains of early man found in them (OS grid ref ST4553).
- 2A ghost town in Highlands East municipality, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Ceodre, likely from the word ceodor (“cavity, pouch; ravine”), as there is a gorge near the town.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccheddar
- cehddar
- chdedar
- chedadr
- chedar
- cheddarr
- cheddra
- chheddar
- hceddar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cheddar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cheddar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).