# Chelsea

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈt͡ʃɛlsi/ · frequency rank #3,930

## Definitions
1. An urban area in west London, on the north bank of the river Thames in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London.
2. A type of porcelain once manufactured there.
3. Any of several places (mostly in the US):
4. Any of several places (mostly in the US):
5. Any of several places (mostly in the US):
6. Any of several places (mostly in the US):
7. Any of several places (mostly in the US):
8. A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
9. A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
10. Chelsea FC, an English association football club.

## Etymology
From Old English Ċealchȳþ, from cealc (“chalk”) + hȳþ (“landing place”).

## Easily confused with
- **cheese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheese-vs-chelsea)
- **cheeses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheeses-vs-chelsea)

## Common misspellings (10)
`cchelsea`, `cehlsea`, `chelesa`, `chellsea`, `chelsae`, `chelssea`, `cheslea`, `chhelsea`, `chlesea`, `hcelsea`

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