chía
[ˈt͡ʃia]
The verdict
“chía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,454 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,454
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Salvia hispanica) Planta herbácea de la familia de las lamiáceas. En México se le saboriza con jugos vegetales o esencias y se le consume como bebida refrescante.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chia · chía · Spanish
chía · rank #51,454 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,454
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chuletas
Nearest frequency peer: chuletas (-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 “chía”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chulas
chulas
48,549 corpus weight
- chuletas
chuletas
48,548 corpus weight
- chía
chía
48,547 corpus weight
- ciclovías
ciclovías
48,546 corpus weight
- citi
citi
48,545 corpus weight
- clavas
clavas
48,544 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chía” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃia] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chía” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,454 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Salvia hispanica) Planta herbácea de la familia de las lamiáceas. En México se le saboriza con jugos vegetales o esencias y se le consume como bebida refrescante.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chía, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is chía, spelled C-H-Í-A.
Definition
- 1(Salvia hispanica) Planta herbácea de la familia de las lamiáceas. En México se le saboriza con jugos vegetales o esencias y se le consume como bebida refrescante.
This word in other languages
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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