# cable vs chale

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### cable
*noun · IPA [ˈkaβ̞le] · frequency rank #3,034*
Cabo grueso, maroma.

### chale
*noun · IPA [ˈt͡ʃale] · frequency rank #34,937*
Persona de origen chino o con rasgos orientales avecindada en México.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/cable-vs-chale