Chatham

/\tʃat.am\/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,228

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Chatham is aFrenchname. It means: Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district de Medway, dans le Kent. Pronounced \tʃat.am\. Often confused with château.

Key facts for Chatham
PropertyValue
HeadwordChatham
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\tʃat.am\
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,228
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Chatham in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Chatham is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʃat.am\. Corpus data places it at rank #42,228 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 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 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Chatham, spelled C-H-A-T-H-A-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district de Medway, dans le Kent.
  2. 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. 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. 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. 5
    Groupe de petites îles inhabitées situées au sud de l'île de Vancouver, en Colombie britannique à l'ouest du Canada

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahtham,cchatham,chahtam,chatahm,chathamm,chathham,chathma,chattham,chhatham,chtaham,hcatham

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Chatham

Misspelling Variants of "Chatham"

cahtham7cchatham8chahtam7chatahm7chathamm8chathham8chathma7chattham8
Misspelling Variants of "Chatham"

Frequency rank: #42,228 in French

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 name, "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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.