chamorro

/[t͡ʃaˈmoro]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,938

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

chamorro is aSpanishnoun. It means: Es la lengua de base austronesia o malayo-polinesia hablada en la isla de Guam y en las islas Marianas del Norte en Oceanía. Pronounced [t͡ʃaˈmoro]. Often confused with chorro and charro.

Key facts for chamorro
PropertyValue
Headwordchamorro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t͡ʃaˈmoro]
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,938
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for chamorro is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡ʃaˈmoro]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,938 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for chamorro, with forms such as "cahmorro", "cchamorro", and "chammorro". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "chorro", "charro", "chaparro", 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 chamorro, spelled C-H-A-M-O-R-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Es la lengua de base austronesia o malayo-polinesia hablada en la isla de Guam y en las islas Marianas del Norte en Oceanía.
  2. 2
    Una corte de carne: chamorro de puerco, chamorro de res (México)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahmorro,cchamorro,chammorro,chamoro,chamoror,chamroro,chaomrro,chhamorro,chmaorro,hcamorro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chamorro

Misspelling Variants of "chamorro"

cahmorro8cchamorro9chammorro9chamoro7chamoror8chamroro8chaomrro8chhamorro9
Misspelling Variants of "chamorro"

Frequency rank: #34,938 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chamorro"?
"chamorro" is spelled C-H-A-M-O-R-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡ʃaˈmoro].
What does "chamorro" mean?
As a noun, "chamorro" means: Es la lengua de base austronesia o malayo-polinesia hablada en la isla de Guam y en las islas Marianas del Norte en Oceanía.
What words are commonly confused with "chamorro"?
"chamorro" is commonly confused with "chorro", "charro", "chaparro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chamorro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chamorro" is [t͡ʃaˈmoro]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chamorro" come from?
"chamorro" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.