chinchila
/ʃĩˈʃi.lɐ/
The verdict
“chinchila” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #80,232 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,232
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequeno roedor crepuscular do gênero Chinchilla, nativo da Cordilheira dos Andes, apreciado por sua pelagem muito macia e frequentemente mantido como animal de estimação
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chinchila |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃĩˈʃi.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chinchila” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chinchila is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #80,232 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃĩˈʃi.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pequeno roedor crepuscular do gênero Chinchilla, nativo da Cordilheira dos Andes, apreciado por sua pelagem muito macia e frequentemente mantido como animal de estimação".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chinchila, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is chinchila, spelled C-H-I-N-C-H-I-L-A.
Definition
- 1pequeno roedor crepuscular do gênero Chinchilla, nativo da Cordilheira dos Andes, apreciado por sua pelagem muito macia e frequentemente mantido como animal de estimação
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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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “chinchila”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-I-N-C-H-I-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʃĩˈʃi.lɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.