chido
[ˈt͡ʃið̞o]
The verdict
“chido” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,602. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,602
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Útil, gustoso o agradable en su género de cosas, estupendo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chido · chido · Spanish
chido · rank #20,602 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,602
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chiquitos
Nearest frequency peer: chiquitos (+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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “chido”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- carita
carita
79,403 corpus weight
- catálogos
catálogos
79,402 corpus weight
- centrar
centrar
79,401 corpus weight
- chido
chido
79,399 corpus weight
- chiquitos
chiquitos
79,398 corpus weight
- choto
choto
79,396 corpus weight
What this shows “chido” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃið̞o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #20,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “chido”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around chido (IPA [ˈt͡ʃið̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,602 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for chido, with forms such as "cchido", "chdio", and "chhido". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cho", "cid", "cio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is chido, spelled C-H-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Útil, gustoso o agradable en su género de cosas, estupendo.
- 2De muy buena calidad o factura.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chido appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Por lo pronto sugiero un título para ese hipotético material. Ya no 'El galano arte de leer', tampoco el 'Nuevo galano arte de leer', ¿qué les parece 'Leer es chido?
Está chido, porque llevamos cinco años de cotorreo en esto de la barra, pero en la casa ya no está tan chido, porque tenemos una hija. Pero al menos ya dejó el chupe.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchido
- chdio
- chhido
- chiddo
- chiod
- cihdo
- hcido
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chido - 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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chido", 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).