childhood
/ˈt͡ʃaɪld.hʊd/
The verdict
“childhood” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,226 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,226
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Niñez, infancia.
| 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) |
Where “childhood” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
childhood is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,226 among 77,812 “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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Using “childhood”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-I-L-D-H-O-O-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈt͡ʃaɪld.hʊd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.