chiefs
/t͡ʃiːfs/
"chiefs" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chiefs” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,342. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,342
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of chief
Corpus desk
Index EN-chiefs · chiefs · English
chiefs · rank #6,342 · 9 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,342
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH charming
Nearest frequency peer: charming (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “chiefs”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- burger
burger
93,662 corpus weight
- capability
capability
93,661 corpus weight
- charming
charming
93,660 corpus weight
- chiefs
chiefs
93,659 corpus weight
- commented
commented
93,658 corpus weight
- computing
computing
93,657 corpus weight
What this shows “chiefs” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chiefs |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /t͡ʃiːfs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,342 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “chiefs”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around chiefs (IPA /t͡ʃiːfs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,342 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of chief".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chiefs, with forms such as "cchiefs", "cheifs", and "chhiefs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "chips", "cries", "chins", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is chiefs, spelled C-H-I-E-F-S.
Definition
- 1plural of chief
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchiefs
- cheifs
- chhiefs
- chieffs
- chiefss
- chiesf
- chifes
- cihefs
- hciefs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chiefs - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chiefs", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).