chorizo
\ʃo.ʁi.zo\
The verdict
“chorizo” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #41,182 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #41,182
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Saucisse le plus souvent sèche fabriquée à partir de viande de porc ou d’un mélange de porc et de bœuf, assaisonné avec du sel et du pimentón espagnol, une variété de paprika, qui lui donne sa coul...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chorizo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃo.ʁi.zo\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chorizo” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chorizo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃo.ʁi.zo\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,182 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Saucisse le plus souvent sèche fabriquée à partir de viande de porc ou d’un mélange de porc et de bœuf, assaisonné avec du sel et du pimentón espagnol, une variété de paprika, qui lui donne sa coul...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for chorizo, with forms such as "cchorizo", "chhorizo", and "choirzo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chorizo, spelled C-H-O-R-I-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Saucisse le plus souvent sèche fabriquée à partir de viande de porc ou d’un mélange de porc et de bœuf, assaisonné avec du sel et du pimentón espagnol, une variété de paprika, qui lui donne sa couleur rouille et son goût légèrement fruité.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchorizo,chhorizo,choirzo,chorioz,chorizzo,chorrizo,chorzio,chroizo,cohrizo,hcorizo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chorizo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “chorizo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-O-R-I-Z-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃo.ʁi.zo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.