chevy chase

noun

"chevy-chase" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“chevy chase” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The face.

Corpus desk

Index EN-chevy-chase · chevy chase · English

chevy chase · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for chevy chase
PropertyValue
Headwordchevy chase
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “chevy chase” in English

chevy chaseranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chevy chase is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The face.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chevy chase, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: In reference to Chevy Chase, American actor, comedian and writer (born 1943). The correct English form is chevy chase, spelled C-H-E-V-Y- -C-H-A-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The face.

Etymology

In reference to Chevy Chase, American actor, comedian and writer (born 1943).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chevy chase"?
"chevy chase" is spelled C-H-E-V-Y- -C-H-A-S-E.
What does "chevy chase" mean?
As a noun, "chevy chase" means: The face.
What is the origin of the word "chevy chase"?
In reference to Chevy Chase, American actor, comedian and writer (born 1943). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list