chamaco
[t͡ʃaˈmako]
The verdict
“chamaco” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #48,282. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,282
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ser humano de corta edad, en especial el que no ha llegado a la pubertad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chamaco · chamaco · Spanish
chamaco · rank #48,282 · 10 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,282
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chantajes
Nearest frequency peer: chantajes (+1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “chamaco”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- celebrara
celebrara
51,721 corpus weight
- chamaco
chamaco
51,719 corpus weight
- chantajes
chantajes
51,718 corpus weight
- Charo
Charo
51,717 corpus weight
- chequeos
chequeos
51,716 corpus weight
- Chevalier
Chevalier
51,715 corpus weight
What this shows “chamaco” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | chamaco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃaˈmako] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “chamaco”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around chamaco (IPA [t͡ʃaˈmako]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,282 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for chamaco, with forms such as "cahmaco", "cchamaco", and "chaamco". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "chamo", "charco", "Chasco", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is chamaco, spelled C-H-A-M-A-C-O.
Definition
- 1Ser humano de corta edad, en especial el que no ha llegado a la pubertad.
- 2Persona joven.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chamaco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
—¿Y los chamacos? —inquiere Pancracio brutalmente—. ¿Nacieron de la tierra?
¡Qué caray!, él estuvo por aquellos lares cuando era un chamaco de teta.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cahmaco
- cchamaco
- chaamco
- chamacco
- chamaoc
- chamcao
- chammaco
- chhamaco
- chmaaco
- hcamaco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chamaco - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chamaco", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).