chilca
[ˈt͡ʃilka]
The verdict
“chilca” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Mitraria coccinea) Planta trepadora leñosa de la familia Gesneriaceae, nativa de la pluviselva de Chile, y de los Andes del sur argentino. Tiene flores tubulares de color rojo. Se cultiva como pla...
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Index ES-chilca · chilca · Spanish
chilca · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | chilca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃilka] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chilca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chilca is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃilka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Mitraria coccinea) Planta trepadora leñosa de la familia Gesneriaceae, nativa de la pluviselva de Chile, y de los Andes del sur argentino. Tiene flores tubulares de color rojo. Se cultiva como pla...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chilca, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is chilca, spelled C-H-I-L-C-A.
Definition
- 1(Mitraria coccinea) Planta trepadora leñosa de la familia Gesneriaceae, nativa de la pluviselva de Chile, y de los Andes del sur argentino. Tiene flores tubulares de color rojo. Se cultiva como planta ornamental en áreas libres de heladas.
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.