Chicagos
[ʃiˈkaːɡos]
The verdict
“Chicagos” is uncommon German (frequency #95,388 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,388
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Chicago
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chicagos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃiˈkaːɡos] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chicagos” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Chicagos is uncommon German at frequency #95,388 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃiˈkaːɡos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Chicago".
No misspelling variants are generated for Chicagos in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Chicagos, spelled C-H-I-C-A-G-O-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Chicago
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.
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Using “Chicagos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-H-I-C-A-G-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃiˈkaːɡos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German 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.