chama
/ˈtʃɑːmə/
"chama" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chama” is uncommon English (frequency #69,724 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,724
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several types of informal cooperative society.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chama |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtʃɑːmə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chama” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chama is uncommon English at frequency #69,724 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtʃɑːmə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chama, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Swahili chama (“organisation, society”). The correct English form is chama, spelled C-H-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1Any of several types of informal cooperative society.
- 2Any of several types of informal cooperative society.
Etymology
From Swahili chama (“organisation, society”).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “chama”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-A-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.