chimba

/[ˈt͡ʃĩmba]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,509

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

chimba is anSpanishadj. It means: En el habla informal juvenil se le dice a algo, genial, maravilloso, llamativo, extraordinario, muy interesante.. Pronounced [ˈt͡ʃĩmba]. Often confused with cima and China.

Key facts for chimba
PropertyValue
Headwordchimba
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈt͡ʃĩmba]
Letters6
Frequency rank#49,509
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chimba in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for chimba is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃĩmba]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,509 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "En el habla informal juvenil se le dice a algo, genial, maravilloso, llamativo, extraordinario, muy interesante..".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for chimba, with forms such as "cchimba", "chhimba", and "chibma". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "cima", "China", "clima", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is chimba, spelled C-H-I-M-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    En el habla informal juvenil se le dice a algo, genial, maravilloso, llamativo, extraordinario, muy interesante..

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchimba,chhimba,chibma,chimab,chimbba,chimmba,chimva,chmiba,cihmba,hcimba

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chimba

Misspelling Variants of "chimba"

cchimba7chhimba7chibma6chimab6chimbba7chimmba7chimva6chmiba6
Misspelling Variants of "chimba"

Frequency rank: #49,509 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chimba"?
"chimba" is spelled C-H-I-M-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃĩmba].
What does "chimba" mean?
As an adj, "chimba" means: En el habla informal juvenil se le dice a algo, genial, maravilloso, llamativo, extraordinario, muy interesante..
What words are commonly confused with "chimba"?
"chimba" is commonly confused with "cima", "China", "clima". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chimba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chimba" is [ˈt͡ʃĩmba]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chimba" come from?
"chimba" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.