cholo

/[ˈt͡ʃolo]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,521

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cholo is anSpanishadj. It means: De ascendencia amerindia o mestizo de la misma y blanco. Pronounced [ˈt͡ʃolo]. Often confused with col and coo.

Key facts for cholo
PropertyValue
Headwordcholo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈt͡ʃolo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,521
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cholo is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃolo]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,521 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for cholo, with forms such as "ccholo", "chholo", and "chloo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "col", "coo", "cómo", and more, 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 cholo, spelled C-H-O-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De ascendencia amerindia o mestizo de la misma y blanco.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, nativo o procedente del Perú o Bolivia.
  3. 3
    Que tiene muy pocos recursos económicos o es de baja extracción.
  4. 4
    De origen o residencia campesina.
  5. 5
    Falso, fraudulento, trucho.
  6. 6
    (Phalacrocorax bougainvillii) Ave marina de la familia de los cormoranes que habita las costas de Chile y Perú. Mide unos 68cm, es de color negro con un brillo que va de verdoso a azulado; la garganta, el pecho y vientre son blancos; patas rosadas; pico con base rojiza; zona sin plumas rojiza y un círculo verdoso alrededor del ojo.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccholo,chholo,chloo,chool,cohlo,hcolo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cholo

Misspelling Variants of "cholo"

ccholo6chholo6chloo5chool5cohlo5hcolo5
Misspelling Variants of "cholo"

Frequency rank: #27,521 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cholo"?
"cholo" is spelled C-H-O-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃolo].
What does "cholo" mean?
As an adj, "cholo" means: De ascendencia amerindia o mestizo de la misma y blanco.
What words are commonly confused with "cholo"?
"cholo" is commonly confused with "col", "coo", "cómo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cholo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cholo" is [ˈt͡ʃolo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cholo" come from?
"cholo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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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.