chicharra
[t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃara]
The verdict
“chicharra” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #84,678 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #84,678
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de cigarra.
| 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) |
Where “chicharra” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chicharra is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃara]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,678 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “chicharra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-I-C-H-A-R-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃara] (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.