chitón
[t͡ʃiˈt̪õn]
The verdict
“chitón” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se usa para imponer silencio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chiton · chitón · Spanish
chitón · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chitón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [t͡ʃiˈt̪õn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chitón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chitón is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [t͡ʃiˈt̪õn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se usa para imponer silencio.".
chitón doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is chitón, spelled C-H-I-T-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Se usa para imponer silencio.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.