ECHR

name

"echr" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“ECHR” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,889. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,889
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of European Court of Human Rights.

Corpus desk

Index EN-echr · ECHR · English

ECHR · rank #49,889 · 5 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,889
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH efficacious

Nearest frequency peer: efficacious (+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 “ECHR”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “ECHR” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ECHR vs eh
0% similar
ECHR vs er
0% similar
ECHR vs err
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ECHR
PropertyValue
HeadwordECHR
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#49,889
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “ECHR”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).ECHRlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “efficacious” (#49,890), “eft” (#49,891), “ejaculate” (#49,893). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “ECHR” is #49,889. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around ECHR, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #49,889 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ECHR, with forms such as "ecchr", "echhr", and "echrr". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "eh", "er", "err", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is ECHR, spelled E-C-H-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Initialism of European Court of Human Rights.
  2. 2
    Initialism of European Convention on Human Rights.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ECHR appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Suella Braverman, the home secretary, is believed be in favour of placing a pledge to leave the ECHR at the centre of a general election campaign if the judgment goes against the Home Office.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecchr
  • echhr
  • echrr
  • ecrh
  • ehcr

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ECHR - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ecchr1echhr1echrr1ecrh2ehcr2
Edit distance from "ECHR"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ECHR"?
"ECHR" is spelled E-C-H-R.
What does "ECHR" mean?
As a proper noun, "ECHR" means: Initialism of European Court of Human Rights.
What words are commonly confused with "ECHR"?
"ECHR" is commonly confused with "eh", "er", "err". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ECHR" come from?
"ECHR" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ECHR", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list