Chumash
/ˈxʊməʃ/
"chumash" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Chumash” is uncommon English (frequency #90,289 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,289
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any book of the Pentateuch.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chumash · Chumash · English
Chumash · rank #90,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,289
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH chorister
Nearest frequency peer: chorister (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Chumash”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Chernov
Chernov
9,720 corpus weight
- Chicagoan
Chicagoan
9,719 corpus weight
- chorister
chorister
9,713 corpus weight
- Chumash
Chumash
9,712 corpus weight
- Cipriano
Cipriano
9,710 corpus weight
- Clackmannan…
Clackmannanshire
9,706 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Chumash” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chumash |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈxʊməʃ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chumash” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Chumash is uncommon English at frequency #90,289 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈxʊməʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Chumash has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Yiddish חומש (khumesh), from Hebrew חֻמָּשׁ (khumásh), from חֲמִישָּׁה (khamishá, “five”). The correct English form is Chumash, spelled C-H-U-M-A-S-H.
Definition
- 1Any book of the Pentateuch.
- 2The Pentateuch collectively.
Etymology
From Yiddish חומש (khumesh), from Hebrew חֻמָּשׁ (khumásh), from חֲמִישָּׁה (khamishá, “five”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.