Cheyne
/ˈt͡ʃeɪn/
"cheyne" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cheyne” is uncommon English (frequency #64,982 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,982
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cheyne |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃeɪn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cheyne” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cheyne is uncommon English at frequency #64,982 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃeɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Cheyne in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Of Anglo-Norman origin, ultimately from Old French chesne (“oak”). The correct English form is Cheyne, spelled C-H-E-Y-N-E.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A male given name of rare usage.
Etymology
Of Anglo-Norman origin, ultimately from Old French chesne (“oak”).
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 “Cheyne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-E-Y-N-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.