# Cheerios

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtʃɪəɹ.i.əʊz/ · frequency rank #38,331

## Definitions
1. A toroidal toasted oat cereal made by General Mills.

## Etymology
Introduced on May 2, 1941, as “Cheerioats”: cheery + oats. The name was shortened to “Cheerios” on December 2, 1945, after a competing cereal manufacturer, Quaker Oats, claimed to hold the rights to use the term oats.

## Easily confused with
- **cheers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheerios-vs-cheers)
- **Cheetos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheerios-vs-cheetos)
- **cheering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheering-vs-cheerios)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccheerios`, `ceherios`, `cheeiros`, `cheerioss`, `cheeriso`, `cheerois`, `cheerrios`, `chereios`, `cherios`, `chheerios`, `hceerios`

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