chrysanthemum
/kɹɪˈsænθəməm/
"chrysanthemum" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chrysanthemum” has 22 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,662. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,662
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chrysanthemum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɹɪˈsænθəməm/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #48,662 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chrysanthemum” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around chrysanthemum (IPA /kɹɪˈsænθəməm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,662 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for chrysanthemum, with forms such as "cchrysanthemum", "chhrysanthemum", and "chrrysanthemum". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin chrȳsanthemum from Ancient Greek χρῡσάνθεμον (khrūsánthemon, “Persian buttercup”). The correct English form is chrysanthemum, spelled C-H-R-Y-S-A-N-T-H-E-M-U-M.
Definition
- 1Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.
Etymology
From Latin chrȳsanthemum from Ancient Greek χρῡσάνθεμον (khrūsánthemon, “Persian buttercup”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchrysanthemum
- chhrysanthemum
- chrrysanthemum
- chrsyanthemum
- chryasnthemum
- chrysanhtemum
- chrysannthemum
- chrysantehmum
- chrysanthemmu
- chrysanthemmum
- chrysanthemumm
- chrysantheumm
- chrysanthhemum
- chrysanthmeum
- chrysantthemum
- chrysatnhemum
- chrysnathemum
- chryssanthemum
- chryysanthemum
- chyrsanthemum
- crhysanthemum
- hcrysanthemum
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chrysanthemum - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “chrysanthemum”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-R-Y-S-A-N-T-H-E-M-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɹɪˈsænθəməm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.