Czech
/t͡ʃɛk/
"czech" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Czech” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,671. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,671
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic (Czechia), the Czech people, culture, or language.
Corpus desk
Index EN-czech · Czech · English
Czech · rank #7,671 · 8 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,671
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH critic
Nearest frequency peer: critic (-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 “Czech”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cough
cough
92,333 corpus weight
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cousins
92,332 corpus weight
- critic
critic
92,331 corpus weight
- Czech
Czech
92,330 corpus weight
- denying
denying
92,328 corpus weight
- depot
depot
92,327 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Czech” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Czech |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /t͡ʃɛk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Czech” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Czech (IPA /t͡ʃɛk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,671 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic (Czechia), the Czech people, culture, or language.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Czech, with forms such as "cczech", "cezch", and "czceh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Czechs", "CEC", "check", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Czech, from Old Polish Czech, from Old Czech Čech, ultimately a variation and contraction of Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ (“human”). The correct English form is Czech, spelled C-Z-E-C-H.
Definition
- 1Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic (Czechia), the Czech people, culture, or language.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Czech appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A big beast of the men's field was put through the mangle then dumped out of Wimbledon as Rafael Nadal fell at around 10.06pm to Lukas Rosol, a Czech debutant who will never forget this Thursday evening in south-west London.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Polish Czech, from Old Polish Czech, from Old Czech Čech, ultimately a variation and contraction of Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ (“human”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cczech
- cezch
- czceh
- czecch
- czechh
- czehc
- czzech
- zcech
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Czech - 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.
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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Czech", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "Czech". Here's where to go from here.
- "Czech" maps to 10 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Czechs". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,671 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
- PlainSpell rotates a curated Word of the Day from the English corpus, a passive way to discover vocabulary. Word of the Day
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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.