# Chile

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈt͡ʃɪl.i/ · frequency rank #6,448

## Definitions
1. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Chile, probably from Quechua chiri (“cold”).

## Easily confused with
- **chip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-chip)
- **cole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-cole)
- **chin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-chin)
- **coil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-coil)
- **cite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-cite)
- **chit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-chit)
- **Chiu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-chiu)
- **cine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-cine)
- **China** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-china)
- **crime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-crime)
- **cycle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-cycle)
- **chose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-chose)
- **chips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-chips)
- **chill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-chill)
- **Chloe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-chloe)
- **chili** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-chili)
- **choke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-choke)
- **Clive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-clive)
- **ching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-ching)
- **coils** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-coils)

## Common misspellings (7)
`cchile`, `chhile`, `chiel`, `chille`, `chlie`, `cihle`, `hcile`

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