chancho

/[ˈt͡ʃãnʲt͡ʃo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,677

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

chancho is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Sus scrofa domesticus) Animal mamífero, artiodáctilo, de cuerpo robusto y piel gruesa, domesticado desde la Antigüedad para aprovechar su carne y su cuero. Es una variedad de la misma especie que ... Pronounced [ˈt͡ʃãnʲt͡ʃo]. Often confused with chano and charco.

Key facts for chancho
PropertyValue
Headwordchancho
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡ʃãnʲt͡ʃo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,677
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for chancho is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃãnʲt͡ʃo]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,677 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for chancho, with forms such as "cahncho", "cchancho", and "chacnho". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "chano", "charco", "chucho", 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 chancho, spelled C-H-A-N-C-H-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Sus scrofa domesticus) Animal mamífero, artiodáctilo, de cuerpo robusto y piel gruesa, domesticado desde la Antigüedad para aprovechar su carne y su cuero. Es una variedad de la misma especie que en su forma salvaje se conoce como jabalí.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, cualquier animal del género Sus.
  3. 3
    Utensilio de limpieza formado por un mango y una pieza plana que sirve para encerar pisos. Existen modelos eléctricos que tienen cepillos giratorios y otros manuales que tienen un trozo pesado de metal recubierto por género.
  4. 4
    Gas estomacal que sale con ruido por la boca.
  5. 5
    En el juego de dominó, las fichas que tienen el mismo número de marcas en ambos cuadrados.
  6. 6
    Juego de cartas en donde el objetivo es mediante una serie de maniobras reunir cuatro cartas del mismo número, o bien ser el último jugador en reaccionar en caso de no lograr el primer objetivo.
  7. 7
    Inspector de tránsito.
  8. 8
    Parte mollar situada en la baja espalda.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahncho,cchancho,chacnho,chanccho,chanchho,chancoh,chanhco,channcho,chhancho,chnacho,hcancho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chancho

Misspelling Variants of "chancho"

cahncho7cchancho8chacnho7chanccho8chanchho8chancoh7chanhco7channcho8
Misspelling Variants of "chancho"

Frequency rank: #28,677 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chancho"?
"chancho" is spelled C-H-A-N-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃãnʲt͡ʃo].
What does "chancho" mean?
As a noun, "chancho" means: (Sus scrofa domesticus) Animal mamífero, artiodáctilo, de cuerpo robusto y piel gruesa, domesticado desde la Antigüedad para aprovechar su carne y su cuero. Es una variedad de la misma especie que ...
What words are commonly confused with "chancho"?
"chancho" is commonly confused with "chano", "charco", "chucho". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chancho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chancho" is [ˈt͡ʃãnʲt͡ʃo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chancho" come from?
"chancho" 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.