# Chisholm

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtʃɪz.əm/ · frequency rank #33,565

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
3. A city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
4. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
5. A town in Ontario, Canada.

## Etymology
Scottish habitational surname, from Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + holm (“piece of dry land in a fen”) or helm (“shed, barn”).

## Common misspellings (13)
`cchisholm`, `chhisholm`, `chihsolm`, `chishholm`, `chishlom`, `chishollm`, `chisholmm`, `chishoml`, `chisohlm`, `chissholm`, `chsiholm`, `cihsholm`, `hcisholm`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chisholm