enfermo del chape

/[ẽɱˈfeɾmo ð̞elʲ ˈt͡ʃape]/ phrase

The verdict

“enfermo del chape” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
17
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Fuera de sus cabales, con el entendimiento trastornado, loco.

Key facts for enfermo del chape
PropertyValue
Headwordenfermo del chape
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ẽɱˈfeɾmo ð̞elʲ ˈt͡ʃape]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “enfermo del chape” sits in Spanish frequency

enfermo del chape falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for enfermo del chape is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽɱˈfeɾmo ð̞elʲ ˈt͡ʃape]. 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: "Fuera de sus cabales, con el entendimiento trastornado, loco.".

No misspelling variants are generated for enfermo del chape in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 enfermo del chape, spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-O- -D-E-L- -C-H-A-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fuera de sus cabales, con el entendimiento trastornado, loco.

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enfermo del chape"?
"enfermo del chape" is spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-O- -D-E-L- -C-H-A-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽɱˈfeɾmo ð̞elʲ ˈt͡ʃape].
What does "enfermo del chape" mean?
As a phrase, "enfermo del chape" means: Fuera de sus cabales, con el entendimiento trastornado, loco.
How do you pronounce "enfermo del chape"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enfermo del chape" is [ẽɱˈfeɾmo ð̞elʲ ˈt͡ʃape]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enfermo del chape" come from?
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Using “enfermo del chape”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-F-E-R-M-O- -D-E-L- -C-H-A-P-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ẽɱˈfeɾmo ð̞elʲ ˈt͡ʃape] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.