chota

adj

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"chota" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“chota” is uncommon English (frequency #80,318 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,318
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Small; younger.

Corpus desk

Index EN-chota · chota · English

chota · rank #80,318 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,318
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH choicest

Nearest frequency peer: choicest (-2 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “chota”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “chota” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chota
PropertyValue
Headwordchota
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,318
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “chota” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).chotafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “choicest” (#80,316), “chocolatier” (#80,315), “cleantech” (#80,321). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “chota” is #80,318. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chota is uncommon English at frequency #80,318 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Small; younger.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for chota in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindi छोटा (choṭā, “small”). The correct English form is chota, spelled C-H-O-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Small; younger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chota appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Jemdanee announced to me that she was in a family way, expressing her earnest desire that it might prove ‘a chuta William Sahib’.
  2. I tell this to the Chota Sahib.

Etymology

From Hindi छोटा (choṭā, “small”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chota"?
"chota" is spelled C-H-O-T-A.
What does "chota" mean?
As an adjective, "chota" means: Small; younger.
What is the origin of the word "chota"?
From Hindi छोटा (choṭā, “small”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chota", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Chios#80,312Caris#80,296conny#80,343camas#80,288

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list