chums
/t͡ʃʌmz/
"chums" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chums” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,980
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of chum
Corpus desk
Index EN-chums · chums · English
chums · rank #46,980 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,980
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chrysalis
Nearest frequency peer: chrysalis (-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 “chums”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Chiron
Chiron
53,024 corpus weight
- choker
choker
53,023 corpus weight
- chrysalis
chrysalis
53,022 corpus weight
- chums
chums
53,021 corpus weight
- Cialis
Cialis
53,020 corpus weight
- clamour
clamour
53,019 corpus weight
What this shows “chums” 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 | chums |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /t͡ʃʌmz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #46,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “chums”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around chums (IPA /t͡ʃʌmz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,980 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of chum".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chums, with forms such as "cchums", "chhums", and "chmus". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cum", "CMS", "cuts", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is chums, spelled C-H-U-M-S.
Definition
- 1plural of chum
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchums
- chhums
- chmus
- chumms
- chumss
- chusm
- cuhms
- hcums
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chums - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chums", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).