chicle

Name: chicle, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈt͡ʃikle]

/[ˈt͡ʃikle]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“chicle” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,788. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,788
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tipo de goma o pastilla con sabores que se emplea para masticar o mascar y no se traga.

Corpus desk

Index ES-chicle · chicle · Spanish

chicle · rank #14,788 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #14,788
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH chatarra

Nearest frequency peer: chatarra (-1 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.

caucho

85,216
caudillo

85,215
chatarra

85,214
chicle

85,213
ciegas

85,212
cohesión

85,211

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

chicle vs Chile

67% similar

chicle vs chico

67% similar

chicle vs ciclo

67% similar

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

Key facts for chicle
Property	Value
Headword	chicle
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈt͡ʃikle]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#14,788
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “chicle”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.chiclecae aquí:

#14,788

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “chatarra” (#14,787), “ciegas” (#14,789), “caudillo” (#14,786). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “chicle” va en #14,788. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around chicle (IPA [ˈt͡ʃikle]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,788 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chicle, with forms such as "cchicle", "chcile", and "chhicle". 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, "Chile", "chico", "ciclo", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is chicle, spelled C-H-I-C-L-E.

Definition

1
Tipo de goma o pastilla con sabores que se emplea para masticar o mascar y no se traga.
2
Tipo de resina con textura gomosa y pegajosa que produce el tronco del chicozapote. Es masticable y se comercializa en forma de pasta.
3
Persona que molesta por insistir en permanecer en la compañía de otra o de otras.

This word in other languages

chewing gum(English)Kaugummi(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cchicle
chcile
chhicle
chiccle
chicel
chiclle
chilce
cihcle
hcicle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chicle - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "chicle"

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 "chicle"?

"chicle" is spelled C-H-I-C-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃikle].

What does "chicle" mean?

As a noun, "chicle" means: Tipo de goma o pastilla con sabores que se emplea para masticar o mascar y no se traga.

What words are commonly confused with "chicle"?

"chicle" is commonly confused with "Chile", "chico", "ciclo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "chicle"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chicle" is [ˈt͡ʃikle]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "chicle" come from?

"chicle" 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 "chicle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

ciegas#14,789 caucho#14,785 caigan#14,780 burlas#14,775

Similar misspelling depth

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

caudillo9 variants culpas9 variants danzas9 variants eliminó9 variants