Cherbourg
"cherbourg" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cherbourg” is uncommon English (frequency #53,440 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,440
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A coastal town in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin commune, Manche department, Normandy, France.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cherbourg · Cherbourg · English
Cherbourg · rank #53,440 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,440
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chessboard
Nearest frequency peer: chessboard (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Cherbourg”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Chantelle
Chantelle
46,565 corpus weight
- chantry
chantry
46,564 corpus weight
- chauvinism
chauvinism
46,563 corpus weight
- Cherbourg
Cherbourg
46,561 corpus weight
- chessboard
chessboard
46,560 corpus weight
- Chiltern
Chiltern
46,558 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Cherbourg” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cherbourg |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Cherbourg” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Cherbourg is uncommon English at frequency #53,440 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Cherbourg in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Cherbourg, from Old French Chieresburg, probably from Old Norse kjarr (“thicket”) + borg (“fort”). Compare Old English Kiǣresburh. The correct English form is Cherbourg, spelled C-H-E-R-B-O-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1A coastal town in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin commune, Manche department, Normandy, France.
- 2A town and local government area (the Aboriginal Shire of Cherbourg, which is surrounded by South Burnett Region) in Queensland, Australia.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Cherbourg, from Old French Chieresburg, probably from Old Norse kjarr (“thicket”) + borg (“fort”). Compare Old English Kiǣresburh.
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).