chico
[ˈt͡ʃiko]
The verdict
“chico” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,235
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice de lo que tiene un tamaño reducido o menor en comparación con otras cosas o seres vivos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chico · chico · Spanish
chico · rank #1,235 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,235
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH barrio
Nearest frequency peer: barrio (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “chico”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- acaba
acaba
98,769 corpus weight
- amo
amo
98,768 corpus weight
- barrio
barrio
98,767 corpus weight
- chico
chico
98,766 corpus weight
- ciento
ciento
98,765 corpus weight
- comercial
comercial
98,764 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “chico” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | chico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃiko] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “chico” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around chico (IPA [ˈt͡ʃiko]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,235 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Se dice de lo que tiene un tamaño reducido o menor en comparación con otras cosas o seres vivos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for chico, with forms such as "cchico", "chcio", and "chhico". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cho", "cio", "coco", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists 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 chico, spelled C-H-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Se dice de lo que tiene un tamaño reducido o menor en comparación con otras cosas o seres vivos.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchico
- chcio
- chhico
- chicco
- chioc
- cihco
- hcico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chico - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chico", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "chico". Here's where to go from here.
- "chico" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "cho". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,235 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.