# Cheshire

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtʃɛʃər/ · frequency rank #15,982

## Definitions
1. A northwestern county of England, bordered by the Rivers Mersey and Dee, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Wrexham and Flintshire.
2. A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Cheschire, late form of Chestreschire, from Old English Ċeastersċīr, from Ceaster (“Chester”, from ceaster, from Latin castra (“camp”)) + scīr (“district, shire”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccheshire`, `cehshire`, `chehsire`, `cheshhire`, `cheshier`, `cheshirre`, `cheshrie`, `chesihre`, `chesshire`, `chheshire`, `chsehire`, `hceshire`

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