chicote
[t͡ʃiˈkot̪e]
The verdict
“chicote” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,353 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,353
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona de poca edad, pero robusta y sana.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chicote · chicote · Spanish
chicote · rank #58,353 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,353
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chess
Nearest frequency peer: chess (-1 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 “chicote”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cesación
cesación
41,651 corpus weight
- CFC
CFC
41,650 corpus weight
- chess
chess
41,649 corpus weight
- chicote
chicote
41,648 corpus weight
- chiquitito
chiquitito
41,646 corpus weight
- Chiriboga
Chiriboga
41,645 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chicote” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chicote |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃiˈkot̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chicote” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chicote is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,353 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃiˈkot̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
chicote doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is chicote, spelled C-H-I-C-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Persona de poca edad, pero robusta y sana.
- 2Cigarro puro.
- 3Látigo.
- 4Varilla que sirve de látigo.
- 5Extremo de un cabo.
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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