tijera
[t̪iˈxeɾa]
The verdict
“tijera” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #23,248 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,248
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Herramienta para cortar, formada por dos hojas cruzadas y unidas por un perno que las articula, moviéndose los extremos sin filo para cerrar el lado opuesto y cortar el material que allí se coloque.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tijera |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪iˈxeɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tijera” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tijera is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪iˈxeɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,248 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tijera, with forms such as "itjera", "tiejra", and "tijear". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "tira", "traerá", "títere", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 tijera, spelled T-I-J-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Herramienta para cortar, formada por dos hojas cruzadas y unidas por un perno que las articula, moviéndose los extremos sin filo para cerrar el lado opuesto y cortar el material que allí se coloque.
- 2Por extensión, cualquier utensilio o estructura dispuesta con una articulación semejante, como las patas de una silla plegable.
- 3En especial, soporte formado por dos piezas cruzadas, como el que sujetaba la caja de los carruajes.
- 4Movimiento que consiste en patear el balón durante un salto, golpeándolo con una pierna elevada sobre el resto del cuerpo, que a su vez está en el aire.
- 5Zanja de desagüe practicada en un terreno excesivamente húmedo.
- 6Persona que opera unas tijeras, en particular el esquilador de ovejas.
- 7Cantidad de reses que una tijera₆ puede esquilar durante una jornada laboral.
- 8Lengua bífida de ciertos reptiles.
- 9Soporte vertical en que reposa la cubierta de una estructura.
- 10Presa realizada con las piernas cruzadas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: itjera,tiejra,tijear,tijerra,tijjera,tijrea,tjiera,ttijera
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tijera - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “tijera”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-I-J-E-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪iˈxeɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tira” - see the side-by-side comparison. tijera vs tira
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.