chito
[ˈt͡ʃit̪o]
The verdict
“chito” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,710 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,710
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se usa para exigir silencio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chito · chito · Spanish
chito · rank #71,710 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,710
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chistera
Nearest frequency peer: chistera (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “chito”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chavala
chavala
28,295 corpus weight
- chicanos
chicanos
28,294 corpus weight
- chistera
chistera
28,292 corpus weight
- chito
chito
28,291 corpus weight
- chocha
chocha
28,289 corpus weight
- clock
clock
28,287 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chito” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃit̪o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chito” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chito is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,710 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃit̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se usa para exigir silencio.".
chito has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 chito, spelled C-H-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Se usa para exigir silencio.
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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