chipotle

\ʃi.pɔ.tle\

/\ʃi.pɔ.tle\/ noun

The verdict

“chipotle” is uncommon French (frequency #89,524 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,524
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Type de piment (Capsicum annuum) séché, généralement de la variété jalapeño.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chipotle · chipotle · French

chipotle · rank #89,524 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,524
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chercherez

Nearest frequency peer: chercherez (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « chipotle »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chipotle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chipotle
PropertyValue
Headwordchipotle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃi.pɔ.tle\
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,524
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chipotle » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chipotletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « chercherez » (#89,523), « chiée » (#89,525), « checké » (#89,522). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chipotle » est au #89,524. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chipotle is uncommon French at frequency #89,524 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃi.pɔ.tle\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Type de piment (Capsicum annuum) séché, généralement de la variété jalapeño.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for chipotle in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chipotle, spelled C-H-I-P-O-T-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Type de piment (Capsicum annuum) séché, généralement de la variété jalapeño.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how chipotle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le burger de fèves noires et avocat, frites de patate douce et aïoli au chipotle étant particulièrement délicieux.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chipotle"?
"chipotle" is spelled C-H-I-P-O-T-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃi.pɔ.tle\.
What does "chipotle" mean?
As a noun, "chipotle" means: Type de piment (Capsicum annuum) séché, généralement de la variété jalapeño.
How do you pronounce "chipotle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chipotle" is \ʃi.pɔ.tle\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chipotle" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chipotle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list