Chatham

Name: Chatham, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\tʃat.am\

/\tʃat.am\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Chatham” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,228. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,228
frequency rank, French: 257,141
“C” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district de Medway, dans le Kent.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Chatham vs château

43% similar

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

Key facts for Chatham
Property	Value
Headword	Chatham
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\tʃat.am\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#42,228
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Chatham” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Chatham lands here:

#42,228

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Chatham (IPA \tʃat.am\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,228 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Chatham, with forms such as "cahtham", "cchatham", and "chahtam". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "château", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Chatham, spelled C-H-A-T-H-A-M.

Definition

1
Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district de Medway, dans le Kent.
2
Île de la province de Última Esperanza au sud du Chili, elle est inhabitée, fait une superficie de 696 km² et a un point culminant à 1310 mètres.
3
Île de la région de Great Southern en Australie occidentale, elle est inhabitée, fait une superficie de 1 km², c'est une réserve naturelle.
4
Île principale de l'archipel des îles Chatham en Nouvelle-Zélande, 660 personnes y habitent sur une surface de 920 km². En Maori elle se nomme Rēkohu.
5
Groupe de petites îles inhabitées situées au sud de l'île de Vancouver, en Colombie britannique à l'ouest du Canada

This word in other languages

Chatham(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cahtham
cchatham
chahtam
chatahm
chathamm
chathham
chathma
chattham
chhatham
chtaham
hcatham

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Chatham - 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.

Edit distance from "Chatham"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chatham"?

"Chatham" is spelled C-H-A-T-H-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \tʃat.am\.

What does "Chatham" mean?

As a proper noun, "Chatham" means: Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district de Medway, dans le Kent.

What words are commonly confused with "Chatham"?

"Chatham" is commonly confused with "château". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Chatham"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chatham" is \tʃat.am\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Chatham" come from?

"Chatham" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “Chatham”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-T-H-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \tʃat.am\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “château” - see the side-by-side comparison. Chatham vs château
Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

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.