chickenpox
/ˈt͡ʃɪ.k(ə)nˌpɑks/
"chickenpox" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chickenpox” is uncommon English (frequency #54,687 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,687
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of chicken pox.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chickenpox · chickenpox · English
chickenpox · rank #54,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,687
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cheep
Nearest frequency peer: cheep (-1 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 “chickenpox”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- chapped
chapped
45,318 corpus weight
- chapstick
chapstick
45,317 corpus weight
- cheep
cheep
45,315 corpus weight
- chickenpox
chickenpox
45,314 corpus weight
- Cirencester
Cirencester
45,311 corpus weight
- clammy
clammy
45,310 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chickenpox” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chickenpox |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃɪ.k(ə)nˌpɑks/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chickenpox” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chickenpox is uncommon English at frequency #54,687 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃɪ.k(ə)nˌpɑks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of chicken pox.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chickenpox, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is chickenpox, spelled C-H-I-C-K-E-N-P-O-X.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of chicken pox.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chickenpox appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chickenpox parties, at which children gather so they can all be infected by a child who has the pox, are often held by parents who distrust chickenpox vaccine or want their children to have the stronger immunity that surviving a full-blown infection affords.
Not a rite-of-passage rash-and-fever, not a week eating ice cream on the sofa, this was not chickenpox but a biblical plague the month before he turned two, his skinny frame covered entire with pennysized bulbs sagging, fat with neon green pus, as though he had been mummified in bubble wrap, victim of the world's bees, skin around the pustules souffléd wi…
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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