Chekhov
"chekhov" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Chekhov” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,171
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Russian
Corpus desk
Index EN-chekhov · Chekhov · English
Chekhov · rank #40,171 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,171
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chancel
Nearest frequency peer: chancel (-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 “Chekhov”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cay
cay
59,833 corpus weight
- celibate
celibate
59,832 corpus weight
- chancel
chancel
59,831 corpus weight
- Chekhov
Chekhov
59,830 corpus weight
- chiming
chiming
59,829 corpus weight
- Christendom
Christendom
59,827 corpus weight
What this shows “Chekhov” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chekhov |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Chekhov”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Chekhov, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #40,171 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Chekhov, with forms such as "cchekhov", "cehkhov", and "chehkov". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Russian Че́хов (Čéxov, literally “Czech”). The correct English form is Chekhov, spelled C-H-E-K-H-O-V.
Definition
- 1A surname from Russian
- 2A surname from Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Че́хов (Čéxov, literally “Czech”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchekhov
- cehkhov
- chehkov
- chekhhov
- chekhovv
- chekhvo
- chekkhov
- chekohv
- chhekhov
- chkehov
- hcekhov
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Chekhov - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Chekhov", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).