cochinilla
[kot͡ʃiˈniʝa]
The verdict
“cochinilla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,261 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,261
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Crustáceo de unos dos centímetros de largo, con el cuerpo anillado, de figura aovada, de color ceniciento obscuro con manchas laterales amarillentas, y patas muy cortas. Cuando se le toca se hace u...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cochinilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kot͡ʃiˈniʝa] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cochinilla” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cochinilla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,261 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kot͡ʃiˈniʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crustáceo de unos dos centímetros de largo, con el cuerpo anillado, de figura aovada, de color ceniciento obscuro con manchas laterales amarillentas, y patas muy cortas. Cuando se le toca se hace u...".
Zero misspellings are on record for cochinilla in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is cochinilla, spelled C-O-C-H-I-N-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Crustáceo de unos dos centímetros de largo, con el cuerpo anillado, de figura aovada, de color ceniciento obscuro con manchas laterales amarillentas, y patas muy cortas. Cuando se le toca se hace una bola. Se cría en parajes húmedos y se emplea en medicina.
This word in other languages
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 “cochinilla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-C-H-I-N-I-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kot͡ʃiˈniʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.