chinga
[ˈt͡ʃĩŋga]
The verdict
“chinga” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #22,603 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,603
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Mephitis, Conepatus, Mydaus, Spilogale) Cualquier especie de la familia de los mefítidos, pequeños carnívoros de color negro con dos fajas blancas al costado, que despide cuando le atacan un orín ...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chinga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃĩŋga] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,603 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chinga” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chinga is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃĩŋga]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,603 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chinga, with forms such as "cchinga", "chhinga", and "chigna". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chino", "cinta", "ciega", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is chinga, spelled C-H-I-N-G-A.
Definition
- 1(Mephitis, Conepatus, Mydaus, Spilogale) Cualquier especie de la familia de los mefítidos, pequeños carnívoros de color negro con dos fajas blancas al costado, que despide cuando le atacan un orín pestífero.
- 2Resto de un cigarrillo o cigarro que queda luego de fumarlo.
- 3Serie de golpes dados a un persona, ya sea a mano limpia o con instrumentos.
- 4Comisión que cobra el propietario de un garito.
- 5Saldo restante que se abona a los trabajadores al final de la cosecha de café.
- 6Machete o cuchillo viejo y usado para escarbar.
- 7Camión sin caja, al cual se engancha un semirremolque.
- 8Burla.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchinga,chhinga,chigna,chinag,chingga,chinnga,chniga,cihnga,hcinga
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chinga - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “chinga”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-I-N-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡ʃĩŋga] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “chino” - see the side-by-side comparison. chinga vs chino
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.