Chile
[ˈt͡ʃile]
The verdict
“Chile” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #508
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - País ubicado en el extremo suroeste de Sudamérica, que limita con Argentina, Bolivia y Perú.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chile · Chile · Spanish
Chile · rank #508 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #508
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH buenas
Nearest frequency peer: buenas (-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 “Chile”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- oficial
oficial
99,496 corpus weight
- propio
propio
99,495 corpus weight
- buenas
buenas
99,494 corpus weight
- Chile
Chile
99,493 corpus weight
- control
control
99,492 corpus weight
- deben
deben
99,491 corpus weight
What this shows “Chile” 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 | 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) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Chile”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Chile (IPA [ˈt͡ʃile]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #508 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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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).