jerarquía
Spanish, noun/xeɾaɾˈkia/
jerarquía is spelled J-E-R-A-R-Q-U-Í-A (9 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,590th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jerarquía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hierarchy, pecking order” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cuerpo de oficiales dispuestos en rangos cada uno subordinado al superior”.
What does jerarquía mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehierarchy, pecking order
- 2
femininerank
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cuerpo de oficiales dispuestos en rangos cada uno subordinado al superior. 2. Cuerpo de mandatarios eclesiásticos. 3. Un grupo de objetos ordenados por rangos de tal forma que todos a excepción del primero de arriba hacia abajo están subordinados al objeto de arriba.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of jerarquía
- jerarquías plural
- hierarquía alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jerarquía?
- /xeɾaɾˈkia/
- [xe.ɾaɾˈki.a]
- [xeɾaɾˈkia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jerarquía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jerarquía in Spanish?
jerarquía appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).