kimchi
[ˈkĩmt͡ʃi]
The verdict
“kimchi” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,479 among 248 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,479
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plato coreano hecho a base de una preparación de vegetales salteados y fermentados, que tiene como ingrediente básico la col asiática o repollo Brassica pekinensis.
Corpus desk
Index ES-kimchi · kimchi · Spanish
kimchi · rank #76,479 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,479
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH Koldo
Nearest frequency peer: Koldo (+4 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 “kimchi”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- jugás
jugás
23,532 corpus weight
- juraste
juraste
23,530 corpus weight
- Kampala
Kampala
23,528 corpus weight
- kimchi
kimchi
23,522 corpus weight
- Koldo
Koldo
23,518 corpus weight
- Languedoc
Languedoc
23,512 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “kimchi” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kimchi |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkĩmt͡ʃi] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “kimchi” en español
Rare enough to double-check
kimchi is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,479 among 248 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkĩmt͡ʃi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plato coreano hecho a base de una preparación de vegetales salteados y fermentados, que tiene como ingrediente básico la col asiática o repollo Brassica pekinensis.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kimchi, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is kimchi, spelled K-I-M-C-H-I.
Definition
- 1Plato coreano hecho a base de una preparación de vegetales salteados y fermentados, que tiene como ingrediente básico la col asiática o repollo Brassica pekinensis.
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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