chaos
/ˈkeɪ.ɒs/
The verdict
“chaos” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #29,100 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,100
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - El estado desordenado de la materia en relatos clásicos de la cosmogonía.
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 | chaos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chaos” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chaos is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/. Corpus data places it at rank #29,100 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for chaos, with forms such as "cahos", "cchaos", and "chaoss". 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, "cho", "cos", "chat", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is chaos, spelled C-H-A-O-S.
Definition
- 1El estado desordenado de la materia en relatos clásicos de la cosmogonía.
- 2Cualquier estado de desorden; una mezcla confusa o amorfa o conglomeración.
- 3Un comportamiento de sistemas no lineales iterativos en las cuales variaciones arbitrariamente pequeñas en las condiciones iniciales llegan a ser magnificadas en el tiempo.
- 4Una de las dos fuerzas metafísicas del mundo en un escenario fantástico, como opuesto a la ley.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cahos,cchaos,chaoss,chaso,chhaos,choas,hcaos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chaos - 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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Using “chaos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-A-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cho” - see the side-by-side comparison. chaos vs cho
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.