chigüiro
[t͡ʃiˈɣ̞wiɾo]
The verdict
“chigüiro” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Roedor de gran tamaño que habita en Suramérica, en zonas cercanas al agua. Llegan a alcanzar un tamaño de 130 centímetros y un peso de 65 kilogramos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chiguiro · chigüiro · Spanish
chigüiro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chigüiro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃiˈɣ̞wiɾo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chigüiro” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chigüiro is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃiˈɣ̞wiɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Roedor de gran tamaño que habita en Suramérica, en zonas cercanas al agua. Llegan a alcanzar un tamaño de 130 centímetros y un peso de 65 kilogramos.".
Zero misspellings are on record for chigüiro in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is chigüiro, spelled C-H-I-G-Ü-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1(Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Roedor de gran tamaño que habita en Suramérica, en zonas cercanas al agua. Llegan a alcanzar un tamaño de 130 centímetros y un peso de 65 kilogramos.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.