crisma
[ˈkɾisma]
The verdict
“crisma” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,802 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,802
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mezcla de aceite y algún perfume o bálsamo, que se emplea en la administración de ciertos sacramentos cristianos como el bautismo, la confirmación y la ordenación.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crisma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɾisma] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crisma” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
crisma is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,802 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɾisma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mezcla de aceite y algún perfume o bálsamo, que se emplea en la administración de ciertos sacramentos cristianos como el bautismo, la confirmación y la ordenación.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for crisma in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is crisma, spelled C-R-I-S-M-A.
Definition
- 1Mezcla de aceite y algún perfume o bálsamo, que se emplea en la administración de ciertos sacramentos cristianos como el bautismo, la confirmación y la ordenación.
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 “crisma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-R-I-S-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkɾisma] (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.