chueca
[ˈt͡ʃweka]
The verdict
“chueca” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #40,185 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,185
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Juego tradicional mapuche. El juego consiste en dos grupos de jugadores, provistos de palos curvos (chuecas), que golpean una pelota pequeña para llevarla hasta la meta.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chueca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃweka] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chueca” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chueca is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃweka]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,185 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chueca, with forms such as "cchueca", "cheuca", and "chhueca". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cuca", "cueva", "chupa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 chueca, spelled C-H-U-E-C-A.
Definition
- 1Juego tradicional mapuche. El juego consiste en dos grupos de jugadores, provistos de palos curvos (chuecas), que golpean una pelota pequeña para llevarla hasta la meta.
- 2Palo curvo en su extremo, usado en el deporte tradicional mapuche del mismo nombre.
- 3Por extensión, palo curvo usado en el deporte moderno llamado hockey (hockey sobre césped y hochey en patines).
- 4Bolita pequeña con que los labradores suelen jugar al juego de la chueca.
- 5Hueso redondeado o parte de él que encaja en el hueco de otro en una coyuntura; como la rótula en la rodilla, la cabeza del húmero en el hombro y la del fémur en la cadera.
- 6Tocón (parte de un árbol que queda unida a la raíz al ser talado).
- 7Burla, chasco.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchueca,cheuca,chhueca,chucea,chueac,chuecca,cuheca,hcueca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chueca - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “chueca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-U-E-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡ʃweka] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cuca” - see the side-by-side comparison. chueca vs cuca
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.