chimenea

Name: chimenea, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[t͡ʃimeˈnea]

/[t͡ʃimeˈnea]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“chimenea” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,110. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,110
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conducto o cañón para dar salida al humo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-chimenea · chimenea · Spanish

chimenea · rank #12,110 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #12,110
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH charlar

Nearest frequency peer: charlar (-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.

cesión

87,894
chapa

87,893
charlar

87,892
chimenea

87,891
cimientos

87,890
citando

87,889

What this shows “chimenea” 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).

chimenea vs crímenes

63% similar

chimenea vs chimeneas

89% similar

chimenea vs chilena

75% similar

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

Key facts for chimenea
Property	Value
Headword	chimenea
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[t͡ʃimeˈnea]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#12,110
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “chimenea”

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

#12,110

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “charlar” (#12,109), “cimientos” (#12,111), “chapa” (#12,108). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “chimenea” va en #12,110. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around chimenea (IPA [t͡ʃimeˈnea]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,110 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chimenea, with forms such as "cchimenea", "chhimenea", and "chiemnea". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "crímenes", "chimeneas", "chilena", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 chimenea, spelled C-H-I-M-E-N-E-A.

Definition

1
Conducto o cañón para dar salida al humo.
2
Hogar o fogón que posee este conducto, donde se enciende fuego para calentarse o cocinar.
3
Excavación reducida y abierta en el cielo de una labor de mina.
4
Conducto por el cual sale material de erupción de los volcanes.

This word in other languages

chimney(English)cheminée(Français)Schornstein(Deutsch)chaminé(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cchimenea
chhimenea
chiemnea
chimeena
chimenae
chimennea
chimmenea
chimneea
chmienea
cihmenea
hcimenea

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chimenea - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "chimenea"

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 "chimenea"?

"chimenea" is spelled C-H-I-M-E-N-E-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡ʃimeˈnea].

What does "chimenea" mean?

As a noun, "chimenea" means: Conducto o cañón para dar salida al humo.

What words are commonly confused with "chimenea"?

"chimenea" is commonly confused with "crímenes", "chimeneas", "chilena". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "chimenea"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chimenea" is [t͡ʃimeˈnea]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "chimenea" come from?

"chimenea" 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 "chimenea", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

causados#12,106 confiesa#12,117 calentar#12,101 contaban#12,119

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

charlar11 variants citando11 variants eclipse11 variants estimada11 variants