choice

/t͡ʃɔɪs/

//t͡ʃɔɪs// noun

The verdict

“choice” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #27,520. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,520
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Elección, selección.

Corpus desk

Index ES-choice · choice · Spanish

choice · rank #27,520 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,520
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cholo

Nearest frequency peer: cholo (+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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “choice”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “choice” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

choice vs choque
67% similar
choice vs códice
67% similar
choice vs chic
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for choice
PropertyValue
Headwordchoice
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/t͡ʃɔɪs/
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,520
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “choice”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.choicecae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cholo” (#27,521), “chiles” (#27,518), “church” (#27,522). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “choice” va en #27,520. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around choice (IPA /t͡ʃɔɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,520 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for choice, with forms such as "cchoice", "chhoice", and "chioce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "choque", "códice", "chic", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 choice, spelled C-H-O-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Elección, selección.
  2. 2
    Opción.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchoice
  • chhoice
  • chioce
  • chocie
  • choicce
  • choiec
  • choise
  • cohice
  • hcoice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of choice - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cchoice1chhoice1chioce2chocie2choicce1choiec2choise1cohice2
Edit distance from "choice"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "choice"?
"choice" is spelled C-H-O-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /t͡ʃɔɪs/.
What does "choice" mean?
As a noun, "choice" means: Elección, selección.
What words are commonly confused with "choice"?
"choice" is commonly confused with "choque", "códice", "chic". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "choice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "choice" is /t͡ʃɔɪs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "choice" come from?
"choice" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "choice", not the corpus desk frequency band.

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).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list