chicho
[ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃo]
The verdict
“chicho” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,448 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,448
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mechón de pelo que cae sobre la frente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chicho · chicho · Spanish
chicho · rank #51,448 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,448
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH Chernóbil
Nearest frequency peer: Chernóbil (-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 “chicho”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cazados
cazados
48,559 corpus weight
- Chernóbil
Chernóbil
48,555 corpus weight
- chicho
chicho
48,553 corpus weight
- chismosa
chismosa
48,551 corpus weight
- chulas
chulas
48,549 corpus weight
- chuletas
chuletas
48,548 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chicho” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chicho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,448 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chicho” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chicho is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,448 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for chicho in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is chicho, spelled C-H-I-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Mechón de pelo que cae sobre la frente.
- 2Gordura, grasa abdominal.
- 3Lóbulo del oído.
- 4Lugar en donde se inyecta la droga un adicto.
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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