cholera
/ˈkɒləɹə/
"cholera" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cholera” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,787. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,787
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked b...
Corpus desk
Index EN-cholera · cholera · English
cholera · rank #19,787 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,787
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chilli
Nearest frequency peer: chilli (-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 “cholera”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- chariot
chariot
80,217 corpus weight
- Cheddar
Cheddar
80,216 corpus weight
- chilli
chilli
80,215 corpus weight
- cholera
cholera
80,214 corpus weight
- clinch
clinch
80,212 corpus weight
- clipped
clipped
80,211 corpus weight
What this shows “cholera” 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 | cholera |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒləɹə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,787 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cholera”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around cholera (IPA /ˈkɒləɹə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,787 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked b...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cholera, with forms such as "ccholera", "chholera", and "chloera". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cooler", "Chopra", "choker", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra, “cholera”). Doublet of choler. The correct English form is cholera, spelled C-H-O-L-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cholera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'
At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].
Etymology
From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra, “cholera”). Doublet of choler.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccholera
- chholera
- chloera
- choelra
- cholear
- cholerra
- chollera
- cholrea
- cohlera
- hcolera
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cholera - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).