chirrido
[t͡ʃiˈrið̞o]
The verdict
“chirrido” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,961 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,961
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sonido agudo que producen algunos animales como los grillos y las chicharras y, por extensión, cualquier ruido estridente que se le parezca, en especial como resultado de un roce o fricción.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chirrido · chirrido · Spanish
chirrido · rank #65,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,961
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chingos
Nearest frequency peer: chingos (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “chirrido”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chiapaneco
chiapaneco
34,044 corpus weight
- chiapanecos
chiapanecos
34,043 corpus weight
- chingos
chingos
34,041 corpus weight
- chirrido
chirrido
34,040 corpus weight
- chulería
chulería
34,038 corpus weight
- chuta
chuta
34,037 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chirrido” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chirrido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃiˈrið̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chirrido” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chirrido is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,961 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃiˈrið̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sonido agudo que producen algunos animales como los grillos y las chicharras y, por extensión, cualquier ruido estridente que se le parezca, en especial como resultado de un roce o fricción.".
chirrido doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is chirrido, spelled C-H-I-R-R-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Sonido agudo que producen algunos animales como los grillos y las chicharras y, por extensión, cualquier ruido estridente que se le parezca, en especial como resultado de un roce o fricción.
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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