vice-chancellor

noun

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"vice-chancellor" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“vice-chancellor” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An official holding a rank immediately below that of chancellor.

Corpus desk

Index EN-vice-chancellor · vice-chancellor · English

vice-chancellor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for vice-chancellor
PropertyValue
Headwordvice-chancellor
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “vice-chancellor” sits in English frequency

vice-chancellor falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vice-chancellor is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vice-chancellor, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From vice- + chancellor. The correct English form is vice-chancellor, spelled V-I-C-E---C-H-A-N-C-E-L-L-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    An official holding a rank immediately below that of chancellor.
  2. 2
    An official holding a rank immediately below that of chancellor.
  3. 3
    A lower judge of chancery.
  4. 4
    In Roman Catholicism, the cardinal whose duty it is to draft and dispatch papal bulls and briefs.

Etymology

From vice- + chancellor.

This word in other languages

vicecanciller(Español)vice-chancelier(Français)Vizekanzler(Deutsch)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vice-chancellor"?
"vice-chancellor" is spelled V-I-C-E---C-H-A-N-C-E-L-L-O-R.
What does "vice-chancellor" mean?
As a noun, "vice-chancellor" means: An official holding a rank immediately below that of chancellor.
What is the origin of the word "vice-chancellor"?
From vice- + chancellor. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list