shaka
[ʃɛ.ka]
The verdict
“shaka” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,864 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,864
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (elle, on, il) del pretérito de indicativo de shaker.
Corpus desk
Index ES-shaka · shaka · Spanish
shaka · rank #53,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,864
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH Severino
Nearest frequency peer: Severino (-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 “shaka”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sensu
sensu
46,140 corpus weight
- sentimental…
sentimentalmente
46,139 corpus weight
- Severino
Severino
46,138 corpus weight
- shaka
shaka
46,137 corpus weight
- shipping
shipping
46,135 corpus weight
- Sidonia
Sidonia
46,134 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “shaka” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shaka |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃɛ.ka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “shaka” en español
Rare enough to double-check
shaka is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,864 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃɛ.ka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (elle, on, il) del pretérito de indicativo de shaker.".
shaka doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is shaka, spelled S-H-A-K-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (elle, on, il) del pretérito de indicativo de shaker.
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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