cho
/t͡ʃəʊ/
"cho" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cho” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #15,126 in English word frequency and used as a determiner.
- #15,126
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pronunciation spelling of your, especially when preceded by a /t/ sound.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cho |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Determiner |
| IPA | /t͡ʃəʊ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #15,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cho” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for cho is 3 letters long, classified as a determiner, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /t͡ʃəʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,126 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pronunciation spelling of your, especially when preceded by a /t/ sound.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cho in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "CM", "CT", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a non-rhotic pronunciation of your. Compare yo and cha. The correct English form is cho, spelled C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Pronunciation spelling of your, especially when preceded by a /t/ sound.
Etymology
From a non-rhotic pronunciation of your. Compare yo and cha.
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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Using “cho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /t͡ʃəʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “co” - see the side-by-side comparison. cho vs co
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.