cheeseburger

Name: cheeseburger, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cheeseburger” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,699. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,699
frequency rank, English: 5,599
“C” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).

Corpus desk

Index EN-cheeseburger · cheeseburger · English

cheeseburger · rank #24,699 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #24,699
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,599
PHOTO-FINISH chaps

Nearest frequency peer: chaps (-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.

capitalizat…

75,305
cashmere

75,304
chaps

75,303
cheeseburger

75,302
churning

75,301
cipher

75,300

What this shows “cheeseburger” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for cheeseburger
Property	Value
Headword	cheeseburger
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#24,699
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cheeseburger”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).cheeseburgerlands here:

#24,699

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “chaps” (#24,698), “churning” (#24,700), “cashmere” (#24,697). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “cheeseburger” is #24,699. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around cheeseburger, anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,699 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for cheeseburger, with forms such as "ccheeseburger", "ceheseburger", and "cheeesburger". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Latin cāseusbor. Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz Proto-West Germanic *kāsī Old English ċīese Middle English chese English cheese English hamburger English cheeseburger Blend of cheese + hamburger (1928). By surface analysis, cheese + -burger. The correct English form is cheeseburger, spelled C-H-E-E-S-E-B-U-R-G-E-R.

Definition

1
A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).
2
The BLU-82 bomb.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cheeseburger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Neon in daylight is a / great pleasure, as Edwin Denby would / write, as are light bulbs in daylight. / I stop for a cheeseburger at JULIET'S / CORNER.
Busy Americans (many women were working and not cooking as much) were dining on foods such as deep-fried chicken, thick slices of pizza, double cheeseburgers, and big slabs of steak.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin cāseusbor. Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz Proto-West Germanic *kāsī Old English ċīese Middle English chese English cheese English hamburger English cheeseburger Blend of cheese + hamburger (1928). By surface analysis, cheese + -burger.

This word in other languages

cheeseburger(Français)Cheeseburger(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccheeseburger
ceheseburger
cheeesburger
cheesbeurger
cheesebburger
cheesebruger
cheesebugrer
cheeseburegr
cheeseburgerr
cheeseburgger
cheeseburgre
cheeseburrger
cheeseubrger
cheesseburger
cheseburger
cheseeburger
chheeseburger
hceeseburger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cheeseburger - 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.

Edit distance from "cheeseburger"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cheeseburger"?

"cheeseburger" is spelled C-H-E-E-S-E-B-U-R-G-E-R.

What does "cheeseburger" mean?

As a noun, "cheeseburger" means: A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).

What are common misspellings of "cheeseburger"?

Common misspellings include "ccheeseburger", "ceheseburger", "cheeesburger", "cheesbeurger", "cheesebburger". The correct spelling is "cheeseburger".

What is the origin of the word "cheeseburger"?

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cheeseburger", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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