chorrera

/[t͡ʃoˈreɾa]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,892

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

chorrera is aSpanishnoun. It means: Paraje por donde cae una corta porción de agua o de otro líquido. Pronounced [t͡ʃoˈreɾa]. Often confused with correr and correa.

Key facts for chorrera
PropertyValue
Headwordchorrera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t͡ʃoˈreɾa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,892
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for chorrera is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡ʃoˈreɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,892 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for chorrera, with forms such as "cchorrera", "chhorrera", and "chorera". 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, "correr", "correa", "correrá", 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 chorrera, spelled C-H-O-R-R-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Paraje por donde cae una corta porción de agua o de otro líquido.
  2. 2
    Señal que el agua deja por donde ha corrido.
  3. 3
    Trecho corto de río en que el agua, por causa de un gran declive, corre con mucha velocidad.
  4. 4
    Guarnición que se pone en la abertura de la camisola por la parte del pecho.
  5. 5
    En el traje de golilla, adorno de que pendía la venera que se ponían los caballeros del hábito en días de gala.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchorrera,chhorrera,chorera,chorerra,chorrear,chorrerra,chorrrea,chrorera,cohrrera,hcorrera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chorrera

Misspelling Variants of "chorrera"

cchorrera9chhorrera9chorera7chorerra8chorrear8chorrerra9chorrrea8chrorera8
Misspelling Variants of "chorrera"

Frequency rank: #48,892 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chorrera"?
"chorrera" is spelled C-H-O-R-R-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡ʃoˈreɾa].
What does "chorrera" mean?
As a noun, "chorrera" means: Paraje por donde cae una corta porción de agua o de otro líquido.
What words are commonly confused with "chorrera"?
"chorrera" is commonly confused with "correr", "correa", "correrá". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chorrera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chorrera" is [t͡ʃoˈreɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chorrera" come from?
"chorrera" 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.