cheikh
\ʃɛk\
The verdict
“cheikh” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,336. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,336
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de cheik.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cheikh · cheikh · French
cheikh · rank #12,336 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,336
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 257,141
- PHOTO-FINISH Chartres
Nearest frequency peer: Chartres (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cheikh”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- changez
changez
87,668 corpus weight
- chariot
chariot
87,667 corpus weight
- Chartres
Chartres
87,666 corpus weight
- cheikh
cheikh
87,665 corpus weight
- collins
collins
87,664 corpus weight
- comparée
comparée
87,663 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cheikh” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cheikh |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛk\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cheikh” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around cheikh (IPA \ʃɛk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,336 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de cheik.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cheikh, with forms such as "ccheikh", "cehikh", and "cheihk". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "chèques", "shake", "check", and more, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cheikh, spelled C-H-E-I-K-H.
Definition
- 1Variante de cheik.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccheikh
- cehikh
- cheihk
- cheikhh
- cheikkh
- chekih
- chheikh
- chiekh
- hceikh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cheikh - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cheikh", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.