# Chiba

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,684

## Definitions
1. A prefecture of Japan.
2. The capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
3. A surname from Japanese.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 千(ち)葉(ば) (Chiba).

## Easily confused with
- **CIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-cia)
- **chip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-chip)
- **Cuba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-cuba)
- **chin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-chin)
- **chic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-chic)
- **crib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-crib)
- **chit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-chit)
- **Chiu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-chiu)
- **chub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-chub)
- **Chua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-chua)
- **child** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-child)
- **chief** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-chief)
- **China** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-china)
- **chips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-chips)
- **chill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-chill)
- **chick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-chick)
- **Chile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-chile)
- **chili** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-chili)
- **ching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-ching)
- **chico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiba-vs-chico)

## Common misspellings (7)
`cchiba`, `chbia`, `chhiba`, `chiab`, `chibba`, `cihba`, `hciba`

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