chilaquiles
[t͡ʃilaˈkiles]
The verdict
“chilaquiles” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,458 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,458
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Platillo mexicano elaborado con un trozo de tortilla de maíz frito y bañado en salsa picante.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chilaquiles · chilaquiles · Spanish
chilaquiles · rank #55,458 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,458
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cifrar
Nearest frequency peer: cifrar (+2 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 “chilaquiles”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chapulín
chapulín
44,548 corpus weight
- chapuzón
chapuzón
44,547 corpus weight
- cheap
cheap
44,546 corpus weight
- chilaquiles
chilaquiles
44,543 corpus weight
- cifrar
cifrar
44,541 corpus weight
- clarísima
clarísima
44,539 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chilaquiles” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chilaquiles |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃilaˈkiles] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #55,458 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chilaquiles” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chilaquiles is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,458 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃilaˈkiles]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Platillo mexicano elaborado con un trozo de tortilla de maíz frito y bañado en salsa picante.".
chilaquiles doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is chilaquiles, spelled C-H-I-L-A-Q-U-I-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Platillo mexicano elaborado con un trozo de tortilla de maíz frito y bañado en salsa picante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chilaquiles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Y es que aunque en España, los chilaquiles se toman para comer o para cenar; en México, la tradición centenaria es pedirlos para desayunar como un buen remedio para quien se pasó tomando la noche anterior, gracias a la potente mezcla de sus ingredientes.
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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