microchip
[mikɾoˈt͡ʃip]
The verdict
“microchip” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,479 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,479
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Chip pequeño, en especial los que son implantados en los cuerpos con el fin de mantener la vigilancia y el control en la población.
Corpus desk
Index ES-microchip · microchip · Spanish
microchip · rank #62,479 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,479
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH microbús
Nearest frequency peer: microbús (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “microchip”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mentís
mentís
37,527 corpus weight
- merchant
merchant
37,526 corpus weight
- mese
mese
37,525 corpus weight
- meteorólogos
meteorólogos
37,524 corpus weight
- microbús
microbús
37,523 corpus weight
- microchip
microchip
37,522 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “microchip” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | microchip |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mikɾoˈt͡ʃip] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “microchip” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
microchip is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,479 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mikɾoˈt͡ʃip]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chip pequeño, en especial los que son implantados en los cuerpos con el fin de mantener la vigilancia y el control en la población.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for microchip, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is microchip, spelled M-I-C-R-O-C-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1Chip pequeño, en especial los que son implantados en los cuerpos con el fin de mantener la vigilancia y el control en la población.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.