chumacera
[t͡ʃumaˈseɾa]
The verdict
“chumacera” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pieza puesta sobre la borda de una embarcación en la que se instala el tolete y tiene la función de evitar el desgaste del material que ocasionaría el movimiento del remo sobre la borda.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chumacera |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃumaˈseɾa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chumacera” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chumacera is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡ʃumaˈseɾa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
chumacera has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is chumacera, spelled C-H-U-M-A-C-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Pieza puesta sobre la borda de una embarcación en la que se instala el tolete y tiene la función de evitar el desgaste del material que ocasionaría el movimiento del remo sobre la borda.
- 2Muesca practicada en la falca de una embarcación para hacer descansar allí al remo mientras se está bogando. Suele recubrirse de metal para que no se desgaste y cumple la misma función que el tolete o escálamo.
- 3Por analogía, aro metálico fijado a la borda de una embarcación por medio de un trozo largo de metal soldado a él. Es una pieza desmontable que se usa para introducir en ella los remos y mantenerlos fijos a una zona de la borda.
- 4Por extensión, pieza mecánica semejante a un rodamiento donde gira un eje.
- 5Pieza de metal o madera, con una muesca en que descansa y gira cualquier eje de maquinaria.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “chumacera”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-U-M-A-C-E-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡ʃumaˈseɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.