childhood
/ˈt͡ʃaɪld.hʊd/
The verdict
“childhood” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,226 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,226
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Niñez, infancia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-childhood · childhood · Spanish
childhood · rank #98,226 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,226
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chismorreo
Nearest frequency peer: chismorreo (+3 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 “childhood”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chaveta
chaveta
1,781 corpus weight
- chañar
chañar
1,780 corpus weight
- childhood
childhood
1,775 corpus weight
- chismorreo
chismorreo
1,772 corpus weight
- chupara
chupara
1,771 corpus weight
- Churruca
Churruca
1,770 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “childhood” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | childhood |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃaɪld.hʊd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “childhood” en español
Rare enough to double-check
childhood is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,226 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃaɪld.hʊd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Niñez, infancia.".
Zero misspellings are on record for childhood in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is childhood, spelled C-H-I-L-D-H-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1Niñez, infancia.
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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