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“chiles” and “chips” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,518
- “chiles” frequency rank
- #17,900
- “chips” frequency rank
- 45418
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chiles | chips |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de chile. | Forma del plural de chip. |
Where the eye mixes chiles and chips
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: chiles vs chips
A purely visual mix-up. chiles ([ˈt͡ʃiles]) and chips (/tʃɪps/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45418, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chiles is recorded at frequency rank #27,518, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt͡ʃiles]. chips is at rank #17,900, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tʃɪps/.
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 45418, this pair ranks #131,541 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chiles vs chips
Shared letters: chis. Private to "chiles": el. Private to "chips": p.
"chiles" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "chips" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chiles" and "chips" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "chiles" or "chips" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "chiles" and "chips" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chiles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chips" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,541 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chiles" and "chips" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chiles vs cholos". 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 #131,541 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.