choose
/t͡ʃuːz/
The verdict
“choose” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,889 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,889
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Elegir, escoger, seleccionar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-choose · choose · Spanish
choose · rank #70,889 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,889
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chingan
Nearest frequency peer: chingan (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “choose”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- changos
changos
29,115 corpus weight
- chiita
chiita
29,114 corpus weight
- chingan
chingan
29,113 corpus weight
- choose
choose
29,112 corpus weight
- ciberacoso
ciberacoso
29,110 corpus weight
- cilíndricos
cilíndricos
29,108 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “choose” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | choose |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /t͡ʃuːz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,889 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “choose” en español
Rare enough to double-check
choose is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,889 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /t͡ʃuːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Elegir, escoger, seleccionar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for choose, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is choose, spelled C-H-O-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Elegir, escoger, seleccionar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how choose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live
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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