chilango
[t͡ʃiˈlãŋgo]
The verdict
“chilango” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,955 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,955
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Originario, relativo a, o propio de de la Ciudad de México.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chilango · chilango · Spanish
chilango · rank #78,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,955
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chem
Nearest frequency peer: chem (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “chilango”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- charlataner…
charlatanería
21,049 corpus weight
- chelín
chelín
21,048 corpus weight
- chem
chem
21,047 corpus weight
- chilango
chilango
21,046 corpus weight
- chistar
chistar
21,043 corpus weight
- chomba
chomba
21,042 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chilango” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chilango |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t͡ʃiˈlãŋgo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chilango” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chilango is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,955 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t͡ʃiˈlãŋgo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
chilango has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 chilango, spelled C-H-I-L-A-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1Originario, relativo a, o propio de de la Ciudad de México.
- 2Originario, relativo a, o propio de otro estado de la república mexicana y asentado en la Ciudad de México.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chilango appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ya chole, chango chilango, que chafa chamba te chutas. No checa andar de tacuche y chale con la charola.
Synonyms
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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