# chili vs Chiu

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### chili
*noun · IPA /ˈt͡ʃɪli/ · frequency rank #10,663*
The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.

### Chiu
*name · frequency rank #32,318*
A surname from Cantonese.

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