Cheyne
/ˈt͡ʃeɪn/
"cheyne" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cheyne” is uncommon English (frequency #64,982 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,982
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cheyne · Cheyne · English
Cheyne · rank #64,982 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,982
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cheerio
Nearest frequency peer: cheerio (-2 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 “Cheyne”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Chaldean
Chaldean
35,027 corpus weight
- chana
chana
35,025 corpus weight
- cheerio
cheerio
35,021 corpus weight
- Cheyne
Cheyne
35,019 corpus weight
- chutzpah
chutzpah
35,016 corpus weight
- cingulate
cingulate
35,013 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Cheyne” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Cheyne” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Cheyne is uncommon English at frequency #64,982 among 5,599 “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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).