Tchaïkovski
\tʃaj.kɔv.ski\
The verdict
“Tchaïkovski” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,221
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille russe, surtout connu par Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tchaïkovski |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \tʃaj.kɔv.ski\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #48,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tchaïkovski” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Tchaïkovski (IPA \tʃaj.kɔv.ski\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,221 among 164,488 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille russe, surtout connu par Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tchaïkovski, with forms such as "cthaïkovski", "tcahïkovski", and "tcchaïkovski". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Tchaïkovski, spelled T-C-H-A-Ï-K-O-V-S-K-I.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille russe, surtout connu par Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cthaïkovski
- tcahïkovski
- tcchaïkovski
- tchakïovski
- tchaïkkovski
- tchaïkosvki
- tchaïkovksi
- tchaïkovsik
- tchaïkovskki
- tchaïkovsski
- tchaïkovvski
- tchaïkvoski
- tchaïokvski
- tchhaïkovski
- tchïakovski
- thcaïkovski
- ttchaïkovski
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tchaïkovski - 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 “Tchaïkovski”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-C-H-A-Ï-K-O-V-S-K-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʃaj.kɔv.ski\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.