# Chicano vs chico

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Chicano
*adjective · IPA /t͡ʃɪˈkɑːnəʊ/ · frequency rank #34,822*
Of a person: American and of Mexican descent, especially if conscious of one's political identity in the U.S. body politic.

### chico
*noun · frequency rank #22,032*
A Latin-American boy; a Latino.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chicano-vs-chico