Which to use
“chan” is a noun and “chi” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,862
- “chan” frequency rank
- #10,328
- “chi” frequency rank
- 19190
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chan | chi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | semente comestível de certas espécies de sálvia (Salvia chia e Salvia hispanica) | quem |
Letter map: chan vs chi
Shared letters muted; letters that set chan and chi apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for chan / chi
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: chan is anoun and chiapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19190, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chan is recorded at frequency rank #8,862, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʧan/. chi is at rank #10,328, tagged as apron.
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 19190, this pair ranks #51,612 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chan vs chi
Shared letters: ch. Private to "chan": an. Private to "chi": i.
"chan" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "chi" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- chan ← cahn · cchan · chann · chhan · chna · hcan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chan" for "chi" ever safe?
Which is more common, "chan" or "chi"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "chan" and "chi".
- Full dictionary entry for "chan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,612 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chan" and "chi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chau vs chi". 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 #51,612 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.