achica
[aˈt͡ʃika]
The verdict
“achica” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,756 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,756
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de achicar o de achicarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-achica · achica · Spanish
achica · rank #70,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,756
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH acogía
Nearest frequency peer: acogía (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “achica”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- abruptos
abruptos
29,249 corpus weight
- accederá
accederá
29,247 corpus weight
- achica
achica
29,245 corpus weight
- acogía
acogía
29,244 corpus weight
- acontecen
acontecen
29,243 corpus weight
- acoplarse
acoplarse
29,242 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “achica” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | achica |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈt͡ʃika] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “achica” en español
Rare enough to double-check
achica is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,756 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aˈt͡ʃika]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
achica doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is achica, spelled A-C-H-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de achicar o de achicarse.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de achicar.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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