concho
[ˈkõnʲt͡ʃo]
The verdict
“concho” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,919 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,919
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sedimento que se deposita en el fondo del líquido de un vaso o una taza, como ocurre con el café o el vino.
Corpus desk
Index ES-concho · concho · Spanish
concho · rank #93,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,919
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH conciliatoria
Nearest frequency peer: conciliatoria (+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 “concho”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- compenetrac…
compenetración
6,086 corpus weight
- componga
componga
6,084 corpus weight
- concho
concho
6,082 corpus weight
- conciliator…
conciliatoria
6,081 corpus weight
- concretará
concretará
6,080 corpus weight
- condimentada
condimentada
6,079 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “concho” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | concho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkõnʲt͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “concho” en español
Rare enough to double-check
concho is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,919 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkõnʲt͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
concho has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 concho, spelled C-O-N-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Sedimento que se deposita en el fondo del líquido de un vaso o una taza, como ocurre con el café o el vino.
- 2Sobras de la comida.
- 3Hojas del choclo.
- 4El menor de varios hermanos, hablando de niños pequeños.^([cita requerida]).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how concho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En España, en Francia, Vallejo se defendió de la pobreza escribiendo artículos y publicando una generosa crónica de viaje: Rusia en 1931. Se dedicó, como é1 lo dijo, a morirse “de vida y no de tiempo”, tragándose la miseria hasta el concho, ese concho amargo que iba a perforarlo lentamente.
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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