chicharrón
[t͡ʃit͡ʃaˈrõn]
The verdict
“chicharrón” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #41,786 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #41,786
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pedazos pequeños de carne que quedan como residuo después de derretir la manteca de las pellas de cerdo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chicharrón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃit͡ʃaˈrõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #41,786 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chicharrón” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chicharrón is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡ʃit͡ʃaˈrõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,786 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.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for chicharrón, with forms such as "cchicharrón", "chciharrón", and "chhicharrón". 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 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is chicharrón, spelled C-H-I-C-H-A-R-R-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Pedazos pequeños de carne que quedan como residuo después de derretir la manteca de las pellas de cerdo.
- 2Por extensión, restos de carne obtenidos al derretir grasa de otros animales.
- 3Trozos de piel de cerdo a los que se les han removido las cerdas para consumirlos cocidos o fritos y aliñados.
- 4Costillas de cerdo cocidas en su propia grasa, a las que se adiciona ajo, orégano, limón y chicha para preparar un guisado suculento para la mesa dominical.
- 5Carne semiseca de res trenzada con grasa del mismo animal, consumida asada o frita.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchicharrón,chciharrón,chhicharrón,chicahrrón,chiccharrón,chicharrnó,chicharrónn,chicharón,chicharórn,chichharrón,chichrarón,chihcarrón,cihcharrón,hcicharrón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chicharrón - 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 “chicharrón”
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-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡ʃit͡ʃaˈrõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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