chocolate
/ˈt͡ʃɒk.(ə.)lɪt/
"chocolate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chocolate” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #3,047 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,047
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chocolate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃɒk.(ə.)lɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chocolate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for chocolate is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈt͡ʃɒk.(ə.)lɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,047 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for chocolate, with forms such as "cchocolate", "chcoolate", and "chhocolate". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, of uncertain origin. See that entry for more information. The correct English form is chocolate, spelled C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
- 2A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water.
- 3A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.
- 4A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate (also called chocolate brown).
- 5A cat having a chocolate-colored coat.
- 6A black person.
- 7A black person.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, of uncertain origin. See that entry for more information.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchocolate,chcoolate,chhocolate,choccolate,chocloate,chocoalte,chocolaet,chocolatte,chocollate,chocoltae,chooclate,cohcolate,hcocolate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chocolate - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “chocolate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈt͡ʃɒk.(ə.)lɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.