# Chelmsford

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈt͡ʃɛlmzfəd/ · frequency rank #29,964

## Definitions
1. A city in and the county town of Essex, England, granted city status in 2012.
2. A local government district with borough status of Essex, the City of Chelmsford, originally formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.
3. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

## Etymology
Ultimately from Old English Ċēolmǣres (“Ceolmær's”) + ford, after an early landowner.

## Common misspellings (17)
`cchelmsford`, `cehlmsford`, `chellmsford`, `chelmfsord`, `chelmmsford`, `chelmsfford`, `chelmsfodr`, `chelmsfordd`, `chelmsforrd`, `chelmsfrod`, `chelmsofrd`, `chelmssford`, `chelsmford`, `chemlsford`, `chhelmsford`, `chlemsford`, `hcelmsford`

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