cheddar

\ʃe.daʁ\

/\ʃe.daʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cheddar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,696
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fromage anglais au lait de vache, à pâte dure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cheddar · cheddar · French

cheddar · rank #38,696 · 9 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #38,696
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chambouler

Nearest frequency peer: chambouler (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cheddar »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cheddar » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

cheddar vs cedar
71% similar

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

Key facts for cheddar
PropertyValue
Headwordcheddar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃe.daʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#38,696
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cheddar »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cheddarse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chambouler » (#38,695), « cheminot » (#38,697), « Chiara » (#38,698). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cheddar » est au #38,696. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cheddar (IPA \ʃe.daʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,696 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fromage anglais au lait de vache, à pâte dure.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cheddar, with forms such as "ccheddar", "cehddar", and "chdedar". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cedar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cheddar, spelled C-H-E-D-D-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fromage anglais au lait de vache, à pâte dure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. M. Georges Pompidou s’intéresse, dit-on, à un fromage anglo-saxon : le cheddar.
  2. Râper le cheddar, réserver.

This word in other languages

cheddar(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccheddar
  • cehddar
  • chdedar
  • chedadr
  • chedar
  • cheddarr
  • cheddra
  • chheddar
  • hceddar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccheddar1cehddar2chdedar2chedadr2chedar1cheddarr1cheddra2chheddar1
Edit distance from "cheddar"

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 "cheddar"?
"cheddar" is spelled C-H-E-D-D-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃe.daʁ\.
What does "cheddar" mean?
As a noun, "cheddar" means: Fromage anglais au lait de vache, à pâte dure.
What words are commonly confused with "cheddar"?
"cheddar" is commonly confused with "cedar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cheddar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cheddar" is \ʃe.daʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cheddar" come from?
"cheddar" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chiches#38,699capoter#38,690cigogne#38,702campion#38,688

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

brazil9 variantsbrando9 variantsBertha9 variantscorbin9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list