two changes at once
Is chaylantes anywhere near right?
No. The word is cheilanthes.
two changes at once
Two decisions have gone the same way here, both towards plain English: the diphthong written as ay because that is how English writes that sound, and the theta written as t because that is what the tongue actually does. Neither guess is careless. They both assume the word was built in English, and it was not.
The class
Two separate decisions about the letters, both made at once.
Same name
Other spellings recorded for cheilanthes
The name