Christine
/kɹɪˈstiːn/
"christine" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Christine” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,128 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #8,128
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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 | Christine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kɹɪˈstiːn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Christine” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Christine is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɹɪˈstiːn/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,128 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Christine, with forms such as "cchristine", "chhristine", and "chirstine". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Cristina", "Christie", "Chrissie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Christine. Doublet of Christina. The correct English form is Christine, spelled C-H-R-I-S-T-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 2A locale in the United States:
- 3A locale in the United States:
- 4A locale in the United States:
- 5A locale in the United States:
Etymology
Borrowed from French Christine. Doublet of Christina.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchristine,chhristine,chirstine,chrisitne,chrisstine,christien,christinne,christnie,christtine,chritsine,chrristine,chrsitine,crhistine,hcristine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Christine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Christine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-R-I-S-T-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɹɪˈstiːn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Cristina” - see the side-by-side comparison. Christine vs Cristina
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.