Chino
[ˈt͡ʃiːno]
The verdict
“Chino” is uncommon German (frequency #64,153 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,153
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus einer multiethnischen Verbindung hervorgegangener Nachkomme einer/eines Weißen oder Indianers/Indianerin und eines/einer Schwarzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-chino · Chino · German
Chino · rank #64,153 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,153
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Chefingenieur
Nearest frequency peer: Chefingenieur (-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 „Chino“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- cart
cart
35,853 corpus weight
- Chefingenie…
Chefingenieur
35,849 corpus weight
- Chino
Chino
35,848 corpus weight
- Clinch
Clinch
35,847 corpus weight
- clinic
clinic
35,846 corpus weight
- coding
coding
35,845 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Chino“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chino |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃiːno] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,153 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Chino“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Chino is uncommon German at frequency #64,153 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃiːno]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus einer multiethnischen Verbindung hervorgegangener Nachkomme einer/eines Weißen oder Indianers/Indianerin und eines/einer Schwarzen".
Chino doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Chino, spelled C-H-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1aus einer multiethnischen Verbindung hervorgegangener Nachkomme einer/eines Weißen oder Indianers/Indianerin und eines/einer Schwarzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Chino appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Und so stellte der Chino jeden Abend beim Abflauen des Verkehrs die Ampel auf Gelb und stieg mit unübersehbarem Selbstbewußtsein aus dem Kontrollhäuschen herab.“
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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