chipotle
/tʃɪˈpɒt.leɪ/
"chipotle" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chipotle” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,406. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,406
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A ripe jalapeño pepper, dried and smoked for use in cooking.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chipotle · chipotle · English
chipotle · rank #24,406 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,406
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Chet
Nearest frequency peer: Chet (-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 “chipotle”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- chaser
chaser
75,598 corpus weight
- Chet
Chet
75,596 corpus weight
- chipotle
chipotle
75,595 corpus weight
- choreograph…
choreographer
75,594 corpus weight
- clams
clams
75,593 corpus weight
- Clintons
Clintons
75,592 corpus weight
What this shows “chipotle” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chipotle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tʃɪˈpɒt.leɪ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #24,406 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “chipotle”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around chipotle (IPA /tʃɪˈpɒt.leɪ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,406 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A ripe jalapeño pepper, dried and smoked for use in cooking.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for chipotle, with forms such as "cchipotle", "chhipotle", and "chioptle". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish chipotle, from Classical Nahuatl chīlpōctli, compound of chīlli (“pepper”) + pōctli (“smoke”). The correct English form is chipotle, spelled C-H-I-P-O-T-L-E.
Definition
- 1A ripe jalapeño pepper, dried and smoked for use in cooking.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chipotle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sweet corn on the cob comes to vibrant life with a caramelized glaze of smoky chipotle peppers, tangy lime juice, sea salt, and agave nectar.
Etymology
From Spanish chipotle, from Classical Nahuatl chīlpōctli, compound of chīlli (“pepper”) + pōctli (“smoke”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchipotle
- chhipotle
- chioptle
- chipolte
- chipotel
- chipotlle
- chipottle
- chippotle
- chiptole
- chpiotle
- cihpotle
- hcipotle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chipotle - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "chipotle", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).