chape

/[ˈt͡ʃape]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#87,607

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

chape is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cabello trenzado, trenza. Pronounced [ˈt͡ʃape].

Key facts for chape
PropertyValue
Headwordchape
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡ʃape]
Letters5
Frequency rank#87,607
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for chape is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃape]. Corpus data places it at rank #87,607 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for chape in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 chape, spelled C-H-A-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cabello trenzado, trenza.
  2. 2
    Tipo de molusco similar al caracol, pero sin concha, que hace grandes destrozos en los jardines.
  3. 3
    (Fissurella spp.) Nombre común de numerosas especies de fisurélidos, gasterópodos marinos, que tienen una cubierta no en espiral sino abovedada, con un amplio orificio en la zona ventral.
  4. 4
    (Caliroa cerasi) Insecto del orden de los himenópteros que en su estado de larva se alimenta de las hojas de los cerezos, dejando sólo la nervadura. La larva tiene el aspecto de un gusano negro redondeado y despide un olor penetrante.
  5. 5
    Genitales externos de la mujer.
  6. 6
    Español, persona originaria de España.

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #87,607 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chape"?
"chape" is spelled C-H-A-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃape].
What does "chape" mean?
As a noun, "chape" means: Cabello trenzado, trenza.
How do you pronounce "chape"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chape" is [ˈt͡ʃape]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chape" come from?
"chape" 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.