cháchara

[ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃaɾa]

/[ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃaɾa]/ noun

The verdict

“cháchara” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,868 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,868
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conversación sin sustancia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-chachara · cháchara · Spanish

cháchara · rank #59,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,868
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH chillidos

Nearest frequency peer: chillidos (-3 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cháchara”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cháchara” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cháchara
PropertyValue
Headwordcháchara
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃaɾa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#59,868
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cháchara” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).chácharacae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “chillidos” (#59,865), “cocinamos” (#59,872), “charts” (#59,863). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cháchara” va en #59,868. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cháchara is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,868 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃaɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cháchara, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cháchara, spelled C-H-Á-C-H-A-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conversación sin sustancia.
  2. 2
    Exceso de palabras sin oficio o utilidad.
  3. 3
    Artículo sin valor o importancia.
  4. 4
    Dicho o acción para hacer reír.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. sentía impaciencia ante la cháchara sin importancia, que es un refugio convencional para todas aquellas personas que no tienen ninguna idea propia que expresar.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cháchara"?
"cháchara" is spelled C-H-Á-C-H-A-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃaɾa].
What does "cháchara" mean?
As a noun, "cháchara" means: Conversación sin sustancia.
How do you pronounce "cháchara"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cháchara" is [ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃaɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cháchara" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list