chapter
/ˈt͡ʃæp.tə/
The verdict
“chapter” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,621 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,621
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Capítulo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chapter |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃæp.tə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chapter” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chapter is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,621 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃæp.tə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capítulo.".
chapter has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is chapter, spelled C-H-A-P-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Capítulo.
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 “chapter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-A-P-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.