chancla

/ˈt͡ʃɑŋklə/

//ˈt͡ʃɑŋklə// noun

"chancla" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“chancla” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A slipper or flip-flop

Corpus desk

Index EN-chancla · chancla · English

chancla · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for chancla
PropertyValue
Headwordchancla
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈt͡ʃɑŋklə/
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “chancla” in English

chanclaranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chancla is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃɑŋklə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A slipper or flip-flop".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chancla, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish chancla. The correct English form is chancla, spelled C-H-A-N-C-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A slipper or flip-flop

Etymology

From Spanish chancla.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chancla"?
"chancla" is spelled C-H-A-N-C-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɑŋklə/.
What does "chancla" mean?
As a noun, "chancla" means: A slipper or flip-flop
How do you pronounce "chancla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chancla" is /ˈt͡ʃɑŋklə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "chancla"?
From Spanish chancla. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list