cholo
/ˈt͡ʃoʊloʊ/
"cholo" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cholo” is uncommon English (frequency #62,766 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,766
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody perceived to embody similar characteristics.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cholo · cholo · English
cholo · rank #62,766 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,766
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH choreograph
Nearest frequency peer: choreograph (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “cholo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- charcuterie
charcuterie
37,240 corpus weight
- cholo
cholo
37,235 corpus weight
- choreograph
choreograph
37,234 corpus weight
- Christmasti…
Christmastime
37,233 corpus weight
- clas
clas
37,231 corpus weight
- Cletus
Cletus
37,230 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cholo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cholo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃoʊloʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cholo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cholo is uncommon English at frequency #62,766 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃoʊloʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody perceived to embody similar characteristics.".
cholo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish cholo, of uncertain origin. The correct English form is cholo, spelled C-H-O-L-O.
Definition
- 1A Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody perceived to embody similar characteristics.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cholo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When Converse's cool-hunter DeeDee Gordon was in Los Angeles, she saw white teenage girls dressing like cholos, or Mexican gangsters, wearing tight white tank tops known as "wife beaters," a bra strap hanging out, long shorts, tube socks, and shower sandals.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cholo, of uncertain origin.
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).