chivatazo
[t͡ʃiβ̞aˈt̪aso]
The verdict
“chivatazo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,106 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,106
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Información o denuncia de algo que se suponía que tenía que quedar oculto, especialmente cuando se hace a las autoridades.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chivatazo · chivatazo · Spanish
chivatazo · rank #96,106 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,106
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chovinismo
Nearest frequency peer: chovinismo (+2 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 “chivatazo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Chilo
Chilo
3,899 corpus weight
- chivatazo
chivatazo
3,895 corpus weight
- chovinismo
chovinismo
3,893 corpus weight
- chupones
chupones
3,892 corpus weight
- cimentacion…
cimentaciones
3,890 corpus weight
- claroscuros
claroscuros
3,887 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chivatazo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chivatazo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃiβ̞aˈt̪aso] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chivatazo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chivatazo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,106 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃiβ̞aˈt̪aso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Información o denuncia de algo que se suponía que tenía que quedar oculto, especialmente cuando se hace a las autoridades.".
Zero misspellings are on record for chivatazo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is chivatazo, spelled C-H-I-V-A-T-A-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Información o denuncia de algo que se suponía que tenía que quedar oculto, especialmente cuando se hace a las autoridades.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chivatazo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La secretaria general del PP, Cuca Gamarra, ha pedido saber quién dio el chivatazo a los implicados en el llamado 'caso Koldo' relativo a la presunta trama de mordidas en la compra de mascarillas durante la pandemia y ha recalcado que el Ministerio del Interior que dirige Fernando Grande-Marlaska debe ofrecer "muchas explicaciones".
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).