Chemung
/ʃəˈmʌŋ/
"chemung" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Chemung” is uncommon English (frequency #87,131 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,131
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A river in New York and Pennsylvania, United States; flowing from the confluence of the Tioga and Cohocton rivers at Painted Post, New York into the Susquehanna at Sayre, Pennsylvania.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chemung |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ʃəˈmʌŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chemung” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Chemung is uncommon English at frequency #87,131 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ʃəˈmʌŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Chemung, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a Lenape word meaning “at the horn” or “big horn”. The correct English form is Chemung, spelled C-H-E-M-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1A river in New York and Pennsylvania, United States; flowing from the confluence of the Tioga and Cohocton rivers at Painted Post, New York into the Susquehanna at Sayre, Pennsylvania.
- 2A town in Chemung County, New York; named for the river.
- 3A census-designated place and township in McHenry County, Illinois.
- 4An unincorporated community in McNett Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Etymology
From a Lenape word meaning “at the horn” or “big horn”.
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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Using “Chemung”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-H-E-M-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.