Chomsky
The verdict
“Chomsky” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,606. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,606
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille américain, notamment porté par le linguiste Noam Chomsky (1928).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chomsky |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chomsky” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Chomsky, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,606 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille américain, notamment porté par le linguiste Noam Chomsky (1928).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Chomsky, with forms such as "cchomsky", "chhomsky", and "chmosky". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Chomsky, spelled C-H-O-M-S-K-Y.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille américain, notamment porté par le linguiste Noam Chomsky (1928).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchomsky
- chhomsky
- chmosky
- chomksy
- chommsky
- chomskky
- chomskyy
- chomssky
- chomsyk
- chosmky
- cohmsky
- hcomsky
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Chomsky - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “Chomsky”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-O-M-S-K-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.