Chiapas

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The verdict

“Chiapas” is uncommon German (frequency #95,387 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,387
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bundesstaat im Süden Mexikos

Corpus desk

Index DE-chiapas · Chiapas · German

Chiapas · rank #95,387 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,387
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chicagos

Nearest frequency peer: Chicagos (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Chiapas“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Chiapas“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Chiapas
PropertyValue
HeadwordChiapas
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,387
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Chiapas“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Chiapasfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Chicagos“ (#95,388), „Cer“ (#95,385), „Choreografen“ (#95,389). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Chiapas“ bei #95,387. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Chiapas is uncommon German at frequency #95,387 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bundesstaat im Süden Mexikos".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Chiapas in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Chiapas, spelled C-H-I-A-P-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bundesstaat im Süden Mexikos

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Chiapas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „1822/23 hatte sich Zentralamerika unter Führung Guatemalas an Mexiko angeschlossen, nachdem hier die Ereignisse von 1820 [Trienio Liberal] ebenfalls zur Loslösung vom Mutterland [Spanien] geführt hatten und die Provinz Chiapas zu Mexiko übergegangen war (wo sie bleiben sollte).“
  2. „Offensichtlich hing an dieser Geschichte mehr, als er an einem Tortas-Stand in Chiapas im Radio aufgeschnappt hatte.“

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chiapas"?
"Chiapas" is spelled C-H-I-A-P-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Chiapas" mean?
As a proper noun, "Chiapas" means: Bundesstaat im Süden Mexikos
How do you pronounce "Chiapas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chiapas" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chiapas" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Chiapas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Buhrufe#95,371Dahlien#95,408dastehe#95,410bepackt#95,333

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list