choy
[ˈt͡ʃoj]
The verdict
“choy” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,735 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,735
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se usa para llamarle la atención a una persona de menor jerarquía social.
Corpus desk
Index ES-choy · choy · Spanish
choy · rank #82,735 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,735
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chor
Nearest frequency peer: chor (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “choy”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Chapare
Chapare
17,270 corpus weight
- chiflada
chiflada
17,269 corpus weight
- chor
chor
17,267 corpus weight
- choy
choy
17,266 corpus weight
- chusmear
chusmear
17,264 corpus weight
- circunscrita
circunscrita
17,263 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “choy” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | choy |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃoj] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #82,735 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “choy” en español
Rare enough to double-check
choy is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,735 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃoj]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se usa para llamarle la atención a una persona de menor jerarquía social.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for choy, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 choy, spelled C-H-O-Y.
Definition
- 1Se usa para llamarle la atención a una persona de menor jerarquía social.
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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