chicharra
[t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃara]
The verdict
“chicharra” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,678 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,678
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de cigarra.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chicharra · chicharra · Spanish
chicharra · rank #84,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,678
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chaya
Nearest frequency peer: chaya (-2 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 “chicharra”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chaqueños
chaqueños
15,327 corpus weight
- chara
chara
15,326 corpus weight
- chaya
chaya
15,325 corpus weight
- chicharra
chicharra
15,323 corpus weight
- chupón
chupón
15,321 corpus weight
- cidra
cidra
15,320 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chicharra” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chicharra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃara] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chicharra” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chicharra is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,678 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃara]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
chicharra has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is chicharra, spelled C-H-I-C-H-A-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1Variante de cigarra.
- 2Juguete que usan los niños por Navidad, y consiste generalmente en un canuto corto, tapado por uno de sus extremos con un pergamino estirado, en cuyo centro se coloca una cerda o una hebra de seda encerada. Pasando por ellas los dedos, hace un ruido tan desapacible como el canto de la cigarra.
- 3Persona muy habladora.
- 4Alarma sonora, sobre todo cuando es muy ruidosa.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).