chinchilla

/[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃiʝa]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,385

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

chinchilla is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Familia Chinchillidae) Cualquiera de varias especies de mamíferos roedores histricomorfos, parientes de la vizcacha, de piel fina muy valorada en peletería, cuya caza excesiva los ha convertido en... Pronounced [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃiʝa].

Key facts for chinchilla
PropertyValue
Headwordchinchilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃiʝa]
Letters10
Frequency rank#30,385
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chinchilla in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for chinchilla is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃiʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,385 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for chinchilla, with forms such as "cchinchilla", "chhinchilla", and "chicnhilla". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is chinchilla, spelled C-H-I-N-C-H-I-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Familia Chinchillidae) Cualquiera de varias especies de mamíferos roedores histricomorfos, parientes de la vizcacha, de piel fina muy valorada en peletería, cuya caza excesiva los ha convertido en animales raros. Mide unos 20 cm, con un peso de 750 g, aspecto grueso, cubierto por una larga y suave piel gris, con una extraordinaria concentración de pelo, la más alta conocida en un ser vivo. Pueden vivir 15 años. En estado silvestre viven en la zona andina de Sudamérica.
  2. 2
    (Chinchilla lanigera) Chinchilla chilena.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchinchilla,chhinchilla,chicnhilla,chincchilla,chinchhilla,chinchila,chinchilal,chinchlila,chincihlla,chinhcilla,chinnchilla,chnichilla,cihnchilla,hcinchilla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chinchilla

Misspelling Variants of "chinchilla"

cchinchilla11chhinchilla11chicnhilla10chincchilla11chinchhilla11chinchila9chinchilal10chinchlila10
Misspelling Variants of "chinchilla"

Frequency rank: #30,385 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chinchilla"?
"chinchilla" is spelled C-H-I-N-C-H-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃiʝa].
What does "chinchilla" mean?
As a noun, "chinchilla" means: (Familia Chinchillidae) Cualquiera de varias especies de mamíferos roedores histricomorfos, parientes de la vizcacha, de piel fina muy valorada en peletería, cuya caza excesiva los ha convertido en...
What are common misspellings of "chinchilla"?
Common misspellings include "cchinchilla", "chhinchilla", "chicnhilla", "chincchilla", "chinchhilla". The correct spelling is "chinchilla".
How do you pronounce "chinchilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chinchilla" is [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃiʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chinchilla" come from?
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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.