chavos

/[ˈt͡ʃaβ̞os]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,941

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

chavos is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Sambucus ebulus) Hierba de la familia de las caprifoliáceas, crece hasta dos metros con tallos erectos; el fruto es una baya tóxica, de color negro, pequeña y globosa de 5 a 6mm de diámetro. Pronounced [ˈt͡ʃaβ̞os]. Often confused with clavo and chivo.

Key facts for chavos
PropertyValue
Headwordchavos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡ʃaβ̞os]
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,941
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for chavos is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃaβ̞os]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,941 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Sambucus ebulus) Hierba de la familia de las caprifoliáceas, crece hasta dos metros con tallos erectos; el fruto es una baya tóxica, de color negro, pequeña y globosa de 5 a 6mm de diámetro.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for chavos, with forms such as "cahvos", "cchavos", and "chabos". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "clavo", "chivo", "chicos", 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 chavos, spelled C-H-A-V-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Sambucus ebulus) Hierba de la familia de las caprifoliáceas, crece hasta dos metros con tallos erectos; el fruto es una baya tóxica, de color negro, pequeña y globosa de 5 a 6mm de diámetro.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahvos,cchavos,chabos,chaovs,chavoss,chavso,chavvos,chhavos,chvaos,hcavos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chavos

Misspelling Variants of "chavos"

cahvos6cchavos7chabos6chaovs6chavoss7chavso6chavvos7chhavos7
Misspelling Variants of "chavos"

Frequency rank: #25,941 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chavos"?
"chavos" is spelled C-H-A-V-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃaβ̞os].
What does "chavos" mean?
As a noun, "chavos" means: (Sambucus ebulus) Hierba de la familia de las caprifoliáceas, crece hasta dos metros con tallos erectos; el fruto es una baya tóxica, de color negro, pequeña y globosa de 5 a 6mm de diámetro.
What words are commonly confused with "chavos"?
"chavos" is commonly confused with "clavo", "chivo", "chicos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chavos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chavos" is [ˈt͡ʃaβ̞os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chavos" come from?
"chavos" 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.