achique
[aˈt͡ʃike]
The verdict
“achique” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,416 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,416
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proceso de extraer agua u otro líquido de la tierra o de una embarcación (achicar), especialmente en caso de inundación.
Corpus desk
Index ES-achique · achique · Spanish
achique · rank #85,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,416
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH acordarán
Nearest frequency peer: acordarán (+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 “achique”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- abundaba
abundaba
14,592 corpus weight
- accesión
accesión
14,589 corpus weight
- achique
achique
14,585 corpus weight
- acordarán
acordarán
14,584 corpus weight
- acuestes
acuestes
14,583 corpus weight
- aditamentos
aditamentos
14,578 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “achique” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | achique |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈt͡ʃike] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “achique” en español
Rare enough to double-check
achique is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,416 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈt͡ʃike]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Proceso de extraer agua u otro líquido de la tierra o de una embarcación (achicar), especialmente en caso de inundación.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for achique, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is achique, spelled A-C-H-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Proceso de extraer agua u otro líquido de la tierra o de una embarcación (achicar), especialmente en caso de inundación.
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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