Chile
[ˈt͡ʃile]
The verdict
“Chile” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #508 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #508
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - País ubicado en el extremo suroeste de Sudamérica, que limita con Argentina, Bolivia y Perú.
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 | Chile |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃile] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chile” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Chile is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃile]. Corpus data places it at rank #508 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "País ubicado en el extremo suroeste de Sudamérica, que limita con Argentina, Bolivia y Perú.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Chile, with forms such as "cchile", "chhile", and "chiel". 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, "cine", "cole", "chip", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Chile, spelled C-H-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1País ubicado en el extremo suroeste de Sudamérica, que limita con Argentina, Bolivia y Perú.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchile,chhile,chiel,chille,chlie,cihle,hcile
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Chile - 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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Using “Chile”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-I-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡ʃile] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cine” - see the side-by-side comparison. Chile vs cine
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.