chartvschatoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: chart is a noun, chato is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“chart” is a noun and “chato” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,784
“chart” frequency rank
#28,282
“chato” frequency rank
70066
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chart chato
Definition Carta. Que tiene la nariz plana, aplastada, no prominente.

Where the eye mixes chart and chato

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
chart
5 ch
chato

Visual trap between chart and chato

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chart is /t͡ʃɑːt/ while chato is [ˈt͡ʃat̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chart is recorded at frequency rank #41,784, classified as anoun, pronounced /t͡ʃɑːt/. chato is at rank #28,282, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈt͡ʃat̪o].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 70066, this pair ranks #30,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of chart vs chato

Shared letters: acht. Private to "chart": r. Private to "chato": o.

"chart" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "chato" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chartcahrt · cchart · charrt · chartt · chatr · chhart · chrat · hcart
  • chatocahto · cchato · chaot · chatto · chhato · chtao · hcato

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chart" and "chato" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "chart" is a noun and "chato" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "chart" vs "chato" - which ranks higher?
"chato" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,282 in our Spanish list, against #41,784 for "chart". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "chart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chato" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chart" and "chato" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "champ vs chart". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #30,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list