chronicle
/ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/
"chronicle" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chronicle” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,181. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,181
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chronicle · chronicle · English
chronicle · rank #11,181 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,181
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Christie
Nearest frequency peer: Christie (-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 “chronicle”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- carr
carr
88,823 corpus weight
- cha
cha
88,822 corpus weight
- Christie
Christie
88,821 corpus weight
- chronicle
chronicle
88,820 corpus weight
- cinnamon
cinnamon
88,819 corpus weight
- comprehend
comprehend
88,818 corpus weight
What this shows “chronicle” 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 | chronicle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #11,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “chronicle”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around chronicle (IPA /ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,181 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for chronicle, with forms such as "cchronicle", "chhronicle", and "chornicle". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "chronicles", "chronicler", "chronic", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cronicle, cronycle, from Anglo-Norman cronicle, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). The correct English form is chronicle, spelled C-H-R-O-N-I-C-L-E.
Definition
- 1A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chronicle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Also a choice cachinatory chronicle, entitled "How to Laugh, and what to Laugh at."
Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.
Etymology
From Middle English cronicle, cronycle, from Anglo-Norman cronicle, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchronicle
- chhronicle
- chornicle
- chrnoicle
- chroincle
- chroncile
- chroniccle
- chronicel
- chroniclle
- chronilce
- chronnicle
- chrronicle
- crhonicle
- hcronicle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chronicle - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).