porrista
[poˈrist̪a]
The verdict
“porrista” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,279 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,279
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona que anima a los miembros y aficionados de un equipo deportivo con música, baile y pruebas gimnásticas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | porrista |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poˈrist̪a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “porrista” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
porrista is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,279 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [poˈrist̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for porrista in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is porrista, spelled P-O-R-R-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Persona que anima a los miembros y aficionados de un equipo deportivo con música, baile y pruebas gimnásticas
- 2Miembro de una antigua fuerza clandestina de seguridad apodada la Porra
- 3Aficionado entusiasta de un equipo deportivo.
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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Using “porrista”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O-R-R-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [poˈrist̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.