chivato
[t͡ʃiˈβ̞at̪o]
The verdict
“chivato” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,183 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,183
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que se chiva, que comunica a la autoridad asuntos que deberían permanecer en secreto entre los colegas o compañeros de un nivel inferior.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chivato · chivato · Spanish
chivato · rank #76,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,183
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chiesa
Nearest frequency peer: chiesa (-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 “chivato”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cheat
cheat
23,821 corpus weight
- chiesa
chiesa
23,820 corpus weight
- chivato
chivato
23,818 corpus weight
- chocamos
chocamos
23,816 corpus weight
- chorreo
chorreo
23,815 corpus weight
- chup
chup
23,814 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chivato” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chivato |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t͡ʃiˈβ̞at̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chivato” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chivato is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,183 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t͡ʃiˈβ̞at̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que se chiva, que comunica a la autoridad asuntos que deberían permanecer en secreto entre los colegas o compañeros de un nivel inferior.".
Zero misspellings are on record for chivato in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is chivato, spelled C-H-I-V-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Que se chiva, que comunica a la autoridad asuntos que deberían permanecer en secreto entre los colegas o compañeros de un nivel inferior.
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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