Chile

/[ˈt͡ʃiːlə]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,534

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Chile is aGermanname. It means: Land in Südamerika Pronounced [ˈt͡ʃiːlə]. It ranks #8,534 in German word frequency. Often confused with Chip and cole.

Key facts for Chile
PropertyValue
HeadwordChile
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈt͡ʃiːlə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,534
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Chile in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Chile is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃiːlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,534 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Land in Südamerika".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Chile, with forms such as "cchile", "chhile", and "chiel". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Chip", "cole", "China", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Chile, spelled C-H-I-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Land in Südamerika

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchile,chhile,chiel,chille,chlie,cihle,hcile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Chile

Misspelling Variants of "Chile"

cchile6chhile6chiel5chille6chlie5cihle5hcile5
Misspelling Variants of "Chile"

Frequency rank: #8,534 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chile"?
"Chile" is spelled C-H-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃiːlə].
What does "Chile" mean?
As a name, "Chile" means: Land in Südamerika
What words are commonly confused with "Chile"?
"Chile" is commonly confused with "Chip", "cole", "China". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Chile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chile" is [ˈt͡ʃiːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chile" come from?
"Chile" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.