chien
[ʃjɛ̃]
The verdict
“chien” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,746 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,746
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Canis lupus familiaris) Perro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chien · chien · Spanish
chien · rank #54,746 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,746
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chicana
Nearest frequency peer: chicana (-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 “chien”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chamuyar
chamuyar
45,258 corpus weight
- chequeado
chequeado
45,257 corpus weight
- chicana
chicana
45,256 corpus weight
- chien
chien
45,255 corpus weight
- chiflado
chiflado
45,254 corpus weight
- chupada
chupada
45,253 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chien” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chien |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃjɛ̃] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,746 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chien” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chien is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,746 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃjɛ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Canis lupus familiaris) Perro.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chien, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is chien, spelled C-H-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1(Canis lupus familiaris) Perro.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon chien est bleu - "Mi perro es azul.
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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