chinga

[ˈt͡ʃĩŋga]

/[ˈt͡ʃĩŋga]/ noun

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The verdict

“chinga” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #22,603. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,603
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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 ...

Corpus desk

Index ES-chinga · chinga · Spanish

chinga · rank #22,603 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,603
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cherry

Nearest frequency peer: cherry (-1 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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “chinga”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “chinga” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chinga vs chino
67% similar
chinga vs cinta
67% similar
chinga vs ciega
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chinga
PropertyValue
Headwordchinga
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡ʃĩŋga]
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,603
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “chinga”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).chingacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cherry” (#22,602), “charlando” (#22,601), “cianuro” (#22,605). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “chinga” va en #22,603. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around chinga (IPA [ˈt͡ʃĩŋga]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,603 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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. 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.
  2. 2
    Resto de un cigarrillo o cigarro que queda luego de fumarlo.
  3. 3
    Serie de golpes dados a un persona, ya sea a mano limpia o con instrumentos.
  4. 4
    Comisión que cobra el propietario de un garito.
  5. 5
    Saldo restante que se abona a los trabajadores al final de la cosecha de café.
  6. 6
    Machete o cuchillo viejo y usado para escarbar.
  7. 7
    Camión sin caja, al cual se engancha un semirremolque.
  8. 8
    Burla.

Synonyms

chinguemapuritemofetazorrillozorrinocolillapuchoazotainapalizatundatollinazurra

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.

cchinga1chhinga1chigna2chinag2chingga1chinnga1chniga2cihnga2
Edit distance from "chinga"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chinga"?
"chinga" is spelled C-H-I-N-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃĩŋga].
What does "chinga" mean?
As a noun, "chinga" means: (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 ...
What words are commonly confused with "chinga"?
"chinga" is commonly confused with "chino", "cinta", "ciega". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chinga"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chinga" is [ˈt͡ʃĩŋga]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chinga" come from?
"chinga" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chinga", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cherry#22,602clavar#22,608broche#22,590Belice#22,588

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

commons9 variantsalways9 variantsalojado9 variantsdeleite9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list