chocho
[ˈt͡ʃot͡ʃo]
The verdict
“chocho” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #32,554. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,554
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que sufre deterioro de sus facultades, especialmente las mentales, a causa de la edad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chocho · chocho · Spanish
chocho · rank #32,554 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,554
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH Chacabuco
Nearest frequency peer: Chacabuco (-2 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 “chocho”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Cecilio
Cecilio
67,451 corpus weight
- Chacabuco
Chacabuco
67,449 corpus weight
- chocho
chocho
67,447 corpus weight
- cilantro
cilantro
67,445 corpus weight
- cinto
cinto
67,444 corpus weight
- clarificar
clarificar
67,443 corpus weight
What this shows “chocho” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chocho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃot͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “chocho”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around chocho (IPA [ˈt͡ʃot͡ʃo]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,554 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chocho, with forms such as "cchocho", "chcoho", and "chhocho". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coco", "coche", "choto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is chocho, spelled C-H-O-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Que sufre deterioro de sus facultades, especialmente las mentales, a causa de la edad.
- 2Que por alegría, emoción o satisfacción actúa de manera irreflexiva o atontada.
- 3Sumamente contento o satisfecho.
- 4Nicaragüense (Originario, relativo a, o propio de Nicaragua).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chocho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ambos creían no volver a ver a su adorado nene, en quien, por ser único, se miraban y se recreaban con inefables goces de padres chochos de cariño, aunque no eran viejos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchocho
- chcoho
- chhocho
- choccho
- chochho
- chocoh
- chohco
- cohcho
- hcocho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chocho - 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.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).