chitterlings
/ˈt͡ʃɪt.ɚ.lɪŋz/noun
chitterlings is spelled C-H-I-T-T-E-R-L-I-N-G-S: 12 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chitterlings means “Small intestine, cleaned and defatted, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in chitterlings?
| Letters | 12: C-H-I-T-T-E-R-L-I-N-G-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is chitterlings?
Chitterlings appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce chitterlings?
- US /ˈt͡ʃɪt.ɚ.lɪŋz/
- US [ˈt͡ʃɪɾɚlɪŋz]
- US /ˈt͡ʃɪt.lɪnz/
Chitterlings has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-chitlins.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-chitterlings.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does chitterlings mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Small intestine, cleaned and defatted, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws.
- 2
plural of chitterling
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chitterlings in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small pig intestine, boiled and fried:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tripes de porc |
| German | Innereien |
| Spanish | gallinejas, chunchules, chunchullo, chinchulín, chinchurria, chunchurria |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does chitterlings come from?
From Middle English cheterlingis, chitterling, chitterlynge, chytyrlynge, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kūtiz, *kut-, from Proto-Indo-European *gud-, *gewd- (“intestine, gut”), from *gʷu-, *gū- (“to bend, curve, bow, camber, vault, distend”). Compare Middle Low German kǖtel (“entrails, tripe”), German Kutteln (“tripe”) and Scots kyte (“belly, stomach”). Compare also Icelandic kviður (“stomach”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).