chacal

/[t͡ʃaˈkal]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,458

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

chacal is aSpanishnoun. It means: Mamífero omnívoro de tamaño mediano del género Canis, parecido al lobo, nativo de partes tropicales del viejo mundo. Pronounced [t͡ʃaˈkal]. Often confused with chica and Checa.

Key facts for chacal
PropertyValue
Headwordchacal
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t͡ʃaˈkal]
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,458
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chacal in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for chacal is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡ʃaˈkal]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,458 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chacal, with forms such as "cahcal", "cchacal", and "chaacl". 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.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chica", "Checa", "chapa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is chacal, spelled C-H-A-C-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mamífero omnívoro de tamaño mediano del género Canis, parecido al lobo, nativo de partes tropicales del viejo mundo.
  2. 2
    Individuo cruel y violento.
  3. 3
    Dícese del hombre heterosexual que mantiene una relación sexual o amorosa a escondidas con un hombre homosexual.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahcal,cchacal,chaacl,chacall,chaccal,chacla,chcaal,chhacal,hcacal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chacal

Misspelling Variants of "chacal"

cahcal6cchacal7chaacl6chacall7chaccal7chacla6chcaal6chhacal7
Misspelling Variants of "chacal"

Frequency rank: #36,458 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chacal"?
"chacal" is spelled C-H-A-C-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡ʃaˈkal].
What does "chacal" mean?
As a noun, "chacal" means: Mamífero omnívoro de tamaño mediano del género Canis, parecido al lobo, nativo de partes tropicales del viejo mundo.
What words are commonly confused with "chacal"?
"chacal" is commonly confused with "chica", "Checa", "chapa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chacal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chacal" is [t͡ʃaˈkal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chacal" come from?
"chacal" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.