cherry tree
"cherry-tree" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cherry tree” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A tree of the subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus, the members of which are valued agriculturally for their fruit, the cherry, and the wood of the tree, cherrywood, used in woodworking.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cherry tree |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cherry tree” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for cherry tree is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A tree of the subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus, the members of which are valued agriculturally for their fruit, the cherry, and the wood of the tree, cherrywood, used in woodworking.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cherry tree in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cherietree, cheritree, chery-tre, cherytre, chiri tre, chiritre, chyrytree. The correct English form is cherry tree, spelled C-H-E-R-R-Y- -T-R-E-E.
Definition
- 1A tree of the subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus, the members of which are valued agriculturally for their fruit, the cherry, and the wood of the tree, cherrywood, used in woodworking.
Etymology
From Middle English cherietree, cheritree, chery-tre, cherytre, chiri tre, chiritre, chyrytree.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cherry tree”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-E-R-R-Y- -T-R-E-E - 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.