chicas
[ˈt͡ʃikas]
The verdict
“chicas” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,106 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,106
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino plural de chico.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chicas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃikas] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chicas” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chicas is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃikas]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,106 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino plural de chico.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chicas, with forms such as "cchicas", "chcias", and "chhicas". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "China", "chico", "citas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is chicas, spelled C-H-I-C-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino plural de chico.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchicas,chcias,chhicas,chiacs,chicass,chiccas,chicsa,cihcas,hcicas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chicas - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “chicas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-I-C-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡ʃikas] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “China” - see the side-by-side comparison. chicas vs China
- 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.