chango

[ˈt͡ʃãŋgo]

/[ˈt͡ʃãŋgo]/ noun

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The verdict

“chango” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #33,997. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,997
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Niño, joven.

Corpus desk

Index ES-chango · chango · Spanish

chango · rank #33,997 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,997
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cerdas

Nearest frequency peer: cerdas (-2 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 “chango”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “chango” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chango vs chao
67% similar
chango vs chino
67% similar
chango vs Congo
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chango
PropertyValue
Headwordchango
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡ʃãŋgo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,997
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “chango”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).changocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cerdas” (#33,995), “cibernético” (#34,000), “celebremos” (#33,993). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “chango” va en #33,997. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around chango (IPA [ˈt͡ʃãŋgo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,997 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chango, with forms such as "cahngo", "cchango", and "chagno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chao", "chino", "Congo", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is chango, spelled C-H-A-N-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Niño, joven.
  2. 2
    Carro manual provisto por los supermercados para que los clientes transporten la mercadería dentro del establecimiento.
  3. 3
    Mono, simio.
  4. 4
    Muchacho.
  5. 5
    Pueblo amerindio originario de la costa sudamericana. Habitaban las costas de Camaná Perú, hasta el río Choapa en Coquimbo Chile. Eran pescadores que utilizaban pequeñas embarcaciones hechas con cueros cosidos e inflados de lobos marinos, con los cuales se aventuraban hasta 30 kilómetros mar adentro. Vivían de la pesca, y de la caza del lobo marino y la ballena. Se reunína en pequeños campamentos de toldos hechos con pieles de lobo de mar. Comerciaban con los pueblos del interior, aymaras, atacameños y diaguitas, para obtener los productos agrícolas. También fueron llamados Camanchacos.
  6. 6
    Persona con mucho vello, por comparación con un simio o mono.

Synonyms

changuito

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahngo
  • cchango
  • chagno
  • changgo
  • channgo
  • chanog
  • chhango
  • chnago
  • hcango

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chango - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cahngo2cchango1chagno2changgo1channgo1chanog2chhango1chnago2
Edit distance from "chango"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chango"?
"chango" is spelled C-H-A-N-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃãŋgo].
What does "chango" mean?
As a noun, "chango" means: Niño, joven.
What words are commonly confused with "chango"?
"chango" is commonly confused with "chao", "chino", "Congo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chango"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chango" is [ˈt͡ʃãŋgo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chango" come from?
"chango" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chango", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cerdas#33,995coleta#34,011caguen#33,979brusca#33,971

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

colarse9 variantsbolero9 variantscoqueta9 variantscredit9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list