chocholo
[t͡ʃoˈt͡ʃolo]
The verdict
“chocholo” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Porción de masa de maíz, mezclada con sal, generalmente manteca y a veces otros condimentos como epazote, y se incluye en muchos caldos y guisados de la cocina mexicana.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chocholo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃoˈt͡ʃolo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chocholo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chocholo is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡ʃoˈt͡ʃolo]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Porción de masa de maíz, mezclada con sal, generalmente manteca y a veces otros condimentos como epazote, y se incluye en muchos caldos y guisados de la cocina mexicana.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chocholo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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. The correct Spanish form is chocholo, spelled C-H-O-C-H-O-L-O.
Definition
- 1Porción de masa de maíz, mezclada con sal, generalmente manteca y a veces otros condimentos como epazote, y se incluye en muchos caldos y guisados de la cocina mexicana.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “chocholo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-O-C-H-O-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡ʃoˈt͡ʃolo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.