chicharrones
[t͡ʃit͡ʃaˈrones]
The verdict
“chicharrones” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #60,623 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #60,623
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de chicharrón.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chicharrones |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t͡ʃit͡ʃaˈrones] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #60,623 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chicharrones” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chicharrones is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡ʃit͡ʃaˈrones]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,623 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de chicharrón.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chicharrones, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is chicharrones, spelled C-H-I-C-H-A-R-R-O-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de chicharrón.
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 “chicharrones”
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-O-N-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡ʃit͡ʃaˈrones] (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.