crianza

/[ˈkɾjãnsa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,942

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

crianza is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción y efecto de criar. Con particularidad se llama así a la que se recibe de las madres o nodrizas, mientras dura la lactancia. Pronounced [ˈkɾjãnsa]. Often confused with crían and criada.

Key facts for crianza
PropertyValue
Headwordcrianza
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɾjãnsa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,942
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of crianza in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for crianza is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɾjãnsa]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,942 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for crianza, with forms such as "ccrianza", "ciranza", and "crainza". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "crían", "criada", "criando", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is crianza, spelled C-R-I-A-N-Z-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción y efecto de criar. Con particularidad se llama así a la que se recibe de las madres o nodrizas, mientras dura la lactancia.
  2. 2
    Época de la lactancia.
  3. 3
    Urbanidad, atención, cortesía, mesura; suele usarse comúnmente con los adjetivos buena o mala.
  4. 4
    Criamiento.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccrianza,ciranza,crainza,crianaz,criannza,crianzza,criazna,crinaza,crrianza,rcianza

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crianza

Misspelling Variants of "crianza"

ccrianza8ciranza7crainza7crianaz7criannza8crianzza8criazna7crinaza7
Misspelling Variants of "crianza"

Frequency rank: #11,942 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crianza"?
"crianza" is spelled C-R-I-A-N-Z-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɾjãnsa].
What does "crianza" mean?
As a noun, "crianza" means: Acción y efecto de criar. Con particularidad se llama así a la que se recibe de las madres o nodrizas, mientras dura la lactancia.
What words are commonly confused with "crianza"?
"crianza" is commonly confused with "crían", "criada", "criando". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crianza"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crianza" is [ˈkɾjãnsa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crianza" come from?
"crianza" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.