chihuahua
/t͡ʃɪ.waʊ(w).ə/
"chihuahua" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chihuahua” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,033. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,033
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative letter-case form of Chihuahua.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chihuahua · chihuahua · English
chihuahua · rank #22,033 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,033
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chico
Nearest frequency peer: chico (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “chihuahua”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- carousel
carousel
77,971 corpus weight
- cartwright
cartwright
77,970 corpus weight
- chico
chico
77,969 corpus weight
- chihuahua
chihuahua
77,968 corpus weight
- circumcision
circumcision
77,966 corpus weight
- clandestine
clandestine
77,965 corpus weight
What this shows “chihuahua” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chihuahua |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /t͡ʃɪ.waʊ(w).ə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “chihuahua”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around chihuahua (IPA /t͡ʃɪ.waʊ(w).ə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,033 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative letter-case form of Chihuahua.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for chihuahua, with forms such as "cchihuahua", "chhihuahua", and "chhiuahua". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: See Chihuahua. The correct English form is chihuahua, spelled C-H-I-H-U-A-H-U-A.
Definition
- 1Alternative letter-case form of Chihuahua.
Etymology
See Chihuahua.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchihuahua
- chhihuahua
- chhiuahua
- chihauhua
- chihhuahua
- chihuahau
- chihuahhua
- chihuauha
- chihuhaua
- chiuhahua
- cihhuahua
- hcihuahua
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chihuahua - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chihuahua", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).