cheesecake

\tʃiz.kɛk\

/\tʃiz.kɛk\/ noun

The verdict

“cheesecake” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,551. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,551
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante nord-américaine du gâteau au fromage, à base de cream cheese et de biscuits.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cheesecake · cheesecake · French

cheesecake · rank #49,551 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,551
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chassées

Nearest frequency peer: chassées (-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 « cheesecake »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cheesecake » 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
Key facts for cheesecake
PropertyValue
Headwordcheesecake
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʃiz.kɛk\
Letters10
Frequency rank#49,551
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cheesecake »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cheesecakese 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 « chassées » (#49,550), « chevreau » (#49,552), « charmée » (#49,549). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cheesecake » est au #49,551. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around cheesecake (IPA \tʃiz.kɛk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,551 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante nord-américaine du gâteau au fromage, à base de cream cheese et de biscuits.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for cheesecake, with forms such as "ccheesecake", "cehesecake", and "cheeescake". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cheesecake, spelled C-H-E-E-S-E-C-A-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante nord-américaine du gâteau au fromage, à base de cream cheese et de biscuits.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si l’éclair est supposé être le gâteau préféré des Français, devant le millefeuille et la tarte aux fruits, le cheesecake semble aussi les mettre dans un état second.
  2. Au moment de servir, étalez la compotée de clémentines à la fleur d’oranger sur le cheesecake, puis saupoudrez d’éclats de pistaches.

Synonyms

gâteau au fromagepie au fromage

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccheesecake
  • cehesecake
  • cheeescake
  • cheesceake
  • cheeseacke
  • cheesecaek
  • cheesecakke
  • cheeseccake
  • cheeseckae
  • cheessecake
  • chesecake
  • cheseecake
  • chheesecake
  • hceesecake

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cheesecake - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccheesecake1cehesecake2cheeescake2cheesceake2cheeseacke2cheesecaek2cheesecakke1cheeseccake1
Edit distance from "cheesecake"

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 "cheesecake"?
"cheesecake" is spelled C-H-E-E-S-E-C-A-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʃiz.kɛk\.
What does "cheesecake" mean?
As a noun, "cheesecake" means: Variante nord-américaine du gâteau au fromage, à base de cream cheese et de biscuits.
What are common misspellings of "cheesecake"?
Common misspellings include "ccheesecake", "cehesecake", "cheeescake", "cheesceake", "cheeseacke". The correct spelling is "cheesecake".
How do you pronounce "cheesecake"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cheesecake" is \tʃiz.kɛk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cheesecake" come from?
"cheesecake" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list