Español homophones
ch/che
"ch" is a character; "che" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "ch" arrives as a character, while "che" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "ch" then splits - "ch" (2 letters) vs "che" (3).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across ch, che: ch. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
ch
2 letters · 0 vowels · shape CC
Inventory ch · no private letters vs siblings
che
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCV
Inventory ceh · private e
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "ch" when you mean: Dígrafo que fue considerado cuarta letra del alfabeto español entre 1803 y 2010. Su nombre es che y generalmente representa un sonido con…
- Write "che" when you mean: Nombre del dígrafo ch.