chispas

/[ˈt͡ʃispas]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,661

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

chispas is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino plural de chispo. Pronounced [ˈt͡ʃispas]. Often confused with chivas and chips.

Key facts for chispas
PropertyValue
Headwordchispas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈt͡ʃispas]
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,661
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for chispas is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃispas]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,661 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino plural de chispo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for chispas, with forms such as "cchispas", "chhispas", and "chipsas". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "chivas", "chips", "chicas", 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 chispas, spelled C-H-I-S-P-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino plural de chispo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchispas,chhispas,chipsas,chisaps,chispass,chisppas,chispsa,chisspas,chsipas,cihspas,hcispas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chispas

Misspelling Variants of "chispas"

cchispas8chhispas8chipsas7chisaps7chispass8chisppas8chispsa7chisspas8
Misspelling Variants of "chispas"

Frequency rank: #19,661 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chispas"?
"chispas" is spelled C-H-I-S-P-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃispas].
What does "chispas" mean?
As an adj, "chispas" means: Forma del femenino plural de chispo.
What words are commonly confused with "chispas"?
"chispas" is commonly confused with "chivas", "chips", "chicas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chispas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chispas" is [ˈt͡ʃispas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chispas" come from?
"chispas" 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.