cháchara
[ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃaɾa]
The verdict
“cháchara” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #59,868 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #59,868
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conversación sin sustancia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cháchara |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃaɾa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cháchara” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cháchara is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃaɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,868 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Conversación sin sustancia.
- 2Exceso de palabras sin oficio o utilidad.
- 3Artículo sin valor o importancia.
- 4Dicho o acción para hacer reír.
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.
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Using “cháchara”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-Á-C-H-A-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃaɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.