kitsch
[ˈkit͡ʃ]
The verdict
“kitsch” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,017 among 248 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,017
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pretende resultar refinado o sentimental sin lograrlo, resultando de mal gusto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-kitsch · kitsch · Spanish
kitsch · rank #53,017 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,017
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH labrar
Nearest frequency peer: labrar (+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 “kitsch”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- jugaremos
jugaremos
46,991 corpus weight
- juzgadas
juzgadas
46,988 corpus weight
- Katmandú
Katmandú
46,987 corpus weight
- kitsch
kitsch
46,984 corpus weight
- labrar
labrar
46,983 corpus weight
- laminado
laminado
46,981 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “kitsch” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kitsch |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkit͡ʃ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “kitsch” en español
Rare enough to double-check
kitsch is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,017 among 248 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkit͡ʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que pretende resultar refinado o sentimental sin lograrlo, resultando de mal gusto.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kitsch, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is kitsch, spelled K-I-T-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Que pretende resultar refinado o sentimental sin lograrlo, resultando de mal gusto.
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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