The word "Chekisha" is spelled with the letter "K", not the more common "C". This is because it is a transliteration from a language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet, where the letter "K" is used for the same sound as "C" in the Latin alphabet. The IPA phonetic transcription for "Chekisha" is /tʃəˈkiːʃə/, with the "ch" representing the voiceless alveo-palatal affricate sound and the "i" in the first syllable sounding like "ee".