pidgin
[ˈpið̞xĩn]
The verdict
“pidgin” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,091 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,091
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lenguaje que surge entre grupos de personas que no comparten lenguaje nativo, usualmente con un léxico y una gramática limitada, simplificada y basada en préstamos de lenguajes previamente existentes.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pidgin · pidgin · Spanish
pidgin · rank #86,091 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,091
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pichis
Nearest frequency peer: pichis (-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 “pidgin”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- perturbadas
perturbadas
13,918 corpus weight
- perviven
perviven
13,917 corpus weight
- pescaba
pescaba
13,916 corpus weight
- pichis
pichis
13,911 corpus weight
- pidgin
pidgin
13,910 corpus weight
- pimp
pimp
13,907 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pidgin” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pidgin |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpið̞xĩn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,091 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pidgin” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pidgin is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,091 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpið̞xĩn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lenguaje que surge entre grupos de personas que no comparten lenguaje nativo, usualmente con un léxico y una gramática limitada, simplificada y basada en préstamos de lenguajes previamente existentes.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pidgin in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is pidgin, spelled P-I-D-G-I-N.
Definition
- 1Lenguaje que surge entre grupos de personas que no comparten lenguaje nativo, usualmente con un léxico y una gramática limitada, simplificada y basada en préstamos de lenguajes previamente existentes.
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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