achira
[aˈt͡ʃiɾa]
The verdict
“achira” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Sagittaria montevidensis) Planta herbácea palustre, nativa de las regiones templadas y subtropicales de América; es robusta, acaule, rizomatosa, de hasta 1,5 m de altura, con hojas sagitadas de ha...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | achira |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈt͡ʃiɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “achira” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for achira is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈt͡ʃiɾa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for achira in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is achira, spelled A-C-H-I-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1(Sagittaria montevidensis) Planta herbácea palustre, nativa de las regiones templadas y subtropicales de América; es robusta, acaule, rizomatosa, de hasta 1,5 m de altura, con hojas sagitadas de hasta 30 cm de largo; y flores con largos pecíolos, de pétalos blancos a amarillos. Crece en las costas de los ríos y parajes húmedos.
- 2(Canna indica) Planta herbácea, de la familia de las cannáceas, perenne, de follaje oblongo, tallos de sección triangular, y flores vistosas de color rojo o amarillo, que dan pequeñas semillas en cápsula; se cultiva ampliamente como ornamental, y por su rizoma comestible.
- 3Panecillo de harina de rizoma de achira₂.
- 4Dulce de rizoma de achira₂.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “achira”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-C-H-I-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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