ChicovschoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Chico is a name, cho is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Chico” is a name and “cho” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,270
“Chico” frequency rank
#30,984
“cho” frequency rank
70254
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Chico cho
Definition Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien von sehr hoher Temperatur; heiß

Letter map: Chico vs cho

Shared letters muted; letters that set Chico and cho apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Chico
3 ch
cho

Grammar separator: Chico vs cho

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Chico is aname and choanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Chico is recorded at frequency rank #39,270, classified as aname, pronounced […]. cho is at rank #30,984, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ʃo].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 70254, this pair ranks #451,868 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Chico vs cho

Shared letters: cho. Private to "Chico": i. Private to "cho": -.

"Chico" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "cho" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Chicocchico · chcio · chhico · chicco · chioc · cihco · hcico

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Chico" for "cho" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Chico" is a name and "cho" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Chico" vs "cho" - which ranks higher?
"cho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,984 in our German list, against #39,270 for "Chico". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Chico" and "cho". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Chico" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #451,868 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Chico" and "cho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Chico vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #451,868 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list