chile
/ˈt͡ʃɪli/noun
chile is spelled C-H-I-L-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Chile, the name). People search “chile vs chili” about 2,900 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, chile means “Alternative spelling of chili” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chile is chiles or chillun.
How many letters and syllables are in chile?
| Letters | 5: C-H-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is chile?
Chile appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Chile, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce chile?
- US /ˈt͡ʃɪli/
As a noun (“Pronunciation spelling of child, representing Southern US…”): /ˈt͡ʃaɪl/.
Chile has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-JutishMale-chile.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-chile.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with chile
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: chili, chilly (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: chili.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with chile?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as chile from its last stressed vowel (/ɪli/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of chile
- chiles plural
- chillun plural
- chirren plural
- chyle
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USAlternative spelling of chili.
- 2
Pronunciation spelling of child, representing Southern US and African-American Vernacular English.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does chile come from?
From Spanish chile. A variant of chili, chilli; see that entry for more information.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).