birria
[ˈbirja]
The verdict
“birria” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #72,544 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #72,544
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cosa o persona insignificante, poco importante, sin valor.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | birria |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbirja] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “birria” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for birria is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbirja]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,544 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
birria has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is birria, spelled B-I-R-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1Cosa o persona insignificante, poco importante, sin valor.
- 2Cosa o persona cuya apariencia produce lástima o desprecio.
- 3Exageración o terquedad en el gusto por cierto pasatiempo o deporte.
- 4Barbacoa de chivo, puerco o borrego, asado a bajo calor y a veces aromatizado con hojas de maguey.
- 5Estado poco agradable, de fastidio, aburrimiento o incomodidad..
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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Using “birria”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-I-R-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbirja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
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.