chocolate

/[t͡ʃokoˈlat̪e]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,165

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

chocolate is aSpanishnoun. It means: Alimento hecho con la mezcla de manteca de cacao y pasta de cacao, endulzado con azúcar y en ocasiones mezclado con canela, leche o vainilla. Pronounced [t͡ʃokoˈlat̪e]. It ranks #3,165 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with chocolates.

Key facts for chocolate
PropertyValue
Headwordchocolate
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t͡ʃokoˈlat̪e]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,165
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for chocolate is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡ʃokoˈlat̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,165 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for chocolate, with forms such as "cchocolate", "chcoolate", and "chhocolate". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "chocolates", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 chocolate, spelled C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alimento hecho con la mezcla de manteca de cacao y pasta de cacao, endulzado con azúcar y en ocasiones mezclado con canela, leche o vainilla.
  2. 2
    Bebida hecha de chocolate₁ diluido en agua o leche.
  3. 3
    Por similitud de aspecto, hachís, especialmente en bloques.
  4. 4
    Baile tradicional de Chiloé, particularmente de los alrededores de Dalcahue, que se baila en pareja suelta con pañuelos.
  5. 5
    Sangre, especialmente la que sale de la nariz.
  6. 6
    En la milicia: Sentadilla.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchocolate,chcoolate,chhocolate,choccolate,chocloate,chocoalte,chocolaet,chocolatte,chocollate,chocoltae,chooclate,cohcolate,hcocolate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chocolate

Misspelling Variants of "chocolate"

cchocolate10chcoolate9chhocolate10choccolate10chocloate9chocoalte9chocolaet9chocolatte10
Misspelling Variants of "chocolate"

Frequency rank: #3,165 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chocolate"?
"chocolate" is spelled C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡ʃokoˈlat̪e].
What does "chocolate" mean?
As a noun, "chocolate" means: Alimento hecho con la mezcla de manteca de cacao y pasta de cacao, endulzado con azúcar y en ocasiones mezclado con canela, leche o vainilla.
What words are commonly confused with "chocolate"?
"chocolate" is commonly confused with "chocolates". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chocolate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chocolate" is [t͡ʃokoˈlat̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chocolate" come from?
"chocolate" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.