Chiloé

[t͡ʃiloˈe]

/[t͡ʃiloˈe]/ name

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The verdict

“Chiloé” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,384. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,384
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Archipiélago de Chile, formado por unas cuarenta islas en una zona fría y lluviosa. Posee una cultura autóctona peculiar que la diferencia del resto de Chile.

Corpus desk

Index ES-chiloe · Chiloé · Spanish

Chiloé · rank #30,384 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,384
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chillán

Nearest frequency peer: Chillán (-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 “Chiloé”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “Chiloé” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Chiloé vs chino
50% similar
Chiloé vs chivo
50% similar
Chiloé vs chulo
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Chiloé
PropertyValue
HeadwordChiloé
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[t͡ʃiloˈe]
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,384
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Chiloé”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).Chiloécae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Chillán” (#30,383), “chinchilla” (#30,385), “Chili” (#30,382). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “Chiloé” va en #30,384. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Chiloé (IPA [t͡ʃiloˈe]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,384 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Chiloé, with forms such as "cchiloé", "chhiloé", and "chilloé". 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, "chino", "chivo", "chulo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Chiloé, spelled C-H-I-L-O-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Archipiélago de Chile, formado por unas cuarenta islas en una zona fría y lluviosa. Posee una cultura autóctona peculiar que la diferencia del resto de Chile.
  2. 2
    La más grande de las islas del Archipiélago de Chiloé.
  3. 3
    Provincia de Chile que abarca casi la totalidad del Archipiélago de Chiloé. Depende administrativamente de la Región de Los Lagos y su capital es Castro.

Synonyms

Isla Grande de ChiloéIsla Grande

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchiloé
  • chhiloé
  • chilloé
  • chiléo
  • chiolé
  • chlioé
  • cihloé
  • hciloé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Chiloé - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cchiloé1chhiloé1chilloé1chiléo2chiolé2chlioé2cihloé2hciloé2
Edit distance from "Chiloé"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chiloé"?
"Chiloé" is spelled C-H-I-L-O-É. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡ʃiloˈe].
What does "Chiloé" mean?
As a proper noun, "Chiloé" means: Archipiélago de Chile, formado por unas cuarenta islas en una zona fría y lluviosa. Posee una cultura autóctona peculiar que la diferencia del resto de Chile.
What words are commonly confused with "Chiloé"?
"Chiloé" is commonly confused with "chino", "chivo", "chulo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Chiloé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chiloé" is [t͡ʃiloˈe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chiloé" come from?
"Chiloé" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Chiloé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list