# chinook

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃɪˈnʊk/ · frequency rank #32,731

## Definitions
1. The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings.
2. The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (“the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River”).

## Easily confused with
- **chino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chino-vs-chinook)
- **chink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chink-vs-chinook)

## Common misspellings (10)
`cchinook`, `chhinook`, `chinnook`, `chinok`, `chinoko`, `chinookk`, `chionok`, `chniook`, `cihnook`, `hcinook`

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