chistar
[t͡ʃisˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“chistar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,958 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,958
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prorrumpir en alguna voz o hacer ademán de hablar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chistar · chistar · Spanish
chistar · rank #78,958 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,958
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 77,812
- PHOTO-FINISH chomba
Nearest frequency peer: chomba (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “chistar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- chelín
chelín
21,048 corpus weight
- chem
chem
21,047 corpus weight
- chilango
chilango
21,046 corpus weight
- chistar
chistar
21,043 corpus weight
- chomba
chomba
21,042 corpus weight
- cifradas
cifradas
21,039 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “chistar” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chistar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡ʃisˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chistar” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chistar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,958 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡ʃisˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for chistar 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is chistar, spelled C-H-I-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Prorrumpir en alguna voz o hacer ademán de hablar.
- 2Resollar
- 3Refunfuñar, protestar.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chistar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.