chutney
/ˈt͡ʃʌtni/
"chutney" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chutney” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #39,735 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,735
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green or dried red chili...
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 | chutney |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃʌtni/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,735 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chutney” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for chutney is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈt͡ʃʌtni/. Corpus data places it at rank #39,735 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chutney, with forms such as "cchutney", "chhutney", and "chtuney". 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. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Courtney", "chute", "Cheney", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindustani चटनी (caṭnī) / چَٹْنِی (caṭnī). The correct English form is chutney, spelled C-H-U-T-N-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green or dried red chili peppers.
- 2A style of Indo-Caribbean music from the West Indies, associated especially with Trinidad and Tobago.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani चटनी (caṭnī) / چَٹْنِی (caṭnī).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchutney,chhutney,chtuney,chuntey,chuteny,chutneyy,chutnney,chutnye,chuttney,cuhtney,hcutney
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chutney - 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 “chutney”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-U-T-N-E-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈt͡ʃʌtni/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Courtney” - see the side-by-side comparison. chutney vs Courtney
- 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.