chawl
noun
chawl is spelled C-H-A-W-L: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chawl means “A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for poor working-class people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chawl is chawls.
How many letters and syllables are in chawl?
| Letters | 5: C-H-A-W-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is chawl?
Chawl appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of chawl
- chawls plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chawl mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for poor working-class people.
- 2
UKJaw or cheek.
- 3
UKJowl; cheek; face.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does chawl come from?
Borrowed from Marathi चाळ (cāḷ), from Sanskrit. Doublet of cell.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).