# chino

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtʃinoʊ/ · frequency rank #28,151

## Definitions
1. A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.

## Etymology
A term used by American veterans of the Spanish-American war. It is theorized that the cloth or the trousers were made in China.
The American Heritage Dictionary says that the word is from American Spanish chino, literally "toasted", in reference to its usual color. But this is not a usual meaning of the Spanish word.

## Easily confused with
- **cho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-cho)
- **chip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-chip)
- **coin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-coin)
- **Chun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-chun)
- **choo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-choo)
- **chit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-chit)
- **Chiu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-chiu)
- **ciao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-ciao)
- **cine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-cine)
- **Clio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-clio)
- **coins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-coins)
- **chips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-chips)
- **chunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-chunk)
- **Clint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-clint)
- **cling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-cling)
- **Chung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-chung)
- **Chong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-chong)
- **Cinco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-cinco)
- **chirp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-chirp)
- **chins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-chins)

## Common misspellings (7)
`cchino`, `chhino`, `chinno`, `chion`, `chnio`, `cihno`, `hcino`

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