Chitral

Name: Chitral, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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The verdict

“Chitral” is uncommon English (frequency #96,860 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,860
frequency rank, English: 43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A princely state in alliance with British India until 1947, then a princely state of Pakistan until 1969. The area of the state now forms the Chitral District of the Malakand Division, Khyber-Pakht...

Key facts for Chitral
Property	Value
Headword	Chitral
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#96,860
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Chitral” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Chitral lands here:

#96,860

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Chitral is uncommon English at frequency #96,860 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Chitral, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindustani چترال / चित्राल (citrāl)), from Khowar چھترار (chitrār, “field”), from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra). The correct English form is Chitral, spelled C-H-I-T-R-A-L.

Definition

1
A princely state in alliance with British India until 1947, then a princely state of Pakistan until 1969. The area of the state now forms the Chitral District of the Malakand Division, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
2
The capital of the Chitral District, situated on the western bank of the Chitral River, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It also served as the capital of the princely state of Chitral until 1969.
3
The largest district in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Etymology

From Hindustani چترال / चित्राल (citrāl)), from Khowar چھترار (chitrār, “field”), from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra).

This word in other languages

Chitral(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chitral"?

"Chitral" is spelled C-H-I-T-R-A-L.

What does "Chitral" mean?

As a proper noun, "Chitral" means: A princely state in alliance with British India until 1947, then a princely state of Pakistan until 1969. The area of the state now forms the Chitral District of the Malakand Division, Khyber-Pakht...

What is the origin of the word "Chitral"?

From Hindustani چترال / चित्राल (citrāl)), from Khowar چھترار (chitrār, “field”), from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Chitral”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is C-H-I-T-R-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.