chirona
[t͡ʃiˈɾona]
The verdict
“chirona” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Establecimiento destinado al alojamiento de los penados a privación de libertad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chirona · chirona · Spanish
chirona · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chirona |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃiˈɾona] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chirona” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chirona is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃiˈɾona]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Establecimiento destinado al alojamiento de los penados a privación de libertad.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chirona in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is chirona, spelled C-H-I-R-O-N-A.
Definition
- 1Establecimiento destinado al alojamiento de los penados a privación de libertad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chirona appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Y hubo pesquisas domiciliarias, y hasta metieron en chirona a muchos pobres diablos de los que habían tomado parte en las antiguas rebeldías.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.