coima
[ˈkojma]
The verdict
“coima” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,367 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,367
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comisión que percibe el encargado de una casa de juego por la preparación de la misma.
Corpus desk
Index ES-coima · coima · Spanish
coima · rank #58,367 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,367
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH compartimient…
Nearest frequency peer: compartimientos (+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 “coima”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- clavero
clavero
41,638 corpus weight
- climatizaci…
climatización
41,637 corpus weight
- clutch
clutch
41,636 corpus weight
- coima
coima
41,634 corpus weight
- compartimie…
compartimientos
41,633 corpus weight
- comprarán
comprarán
41,632 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “coima” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coima |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkojma] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,367 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “coima” en español
Rare enough to double-check
coima is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,367 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkojma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for coima in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is coima, spelled C-O-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1Comisión que percibe el encargado de una casa de juego por la preparación de la misma.
- 2Por extensión, dinero que se paga a un funcionario para sobornarlo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coima appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tienen sus prestadores de a cuatro maravedís de interese en cada real, y con esto el traspaso, en que con un doblón se gana otro cada día, y muchas veces más cantidad. Después de medianoche, cuando el alcaide se recoge, queda la coima por cuenta del lamparero, con las barajas viejas, que son suyas de derecho.
Tenía mañas de gitana para sacarles el dinero á los gauchos que caían á la golosina de las muchachas, pero sin dejar que se acercaran demasiado, ni concederles pizca. Encubría á jugadores y cobraba su coima, y hasta si era necesario solía dar remedios para males que no los tienen en las boticas.
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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