chafa
[ˈt͡ʃafa]
The verdict
“chafa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,394 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,394
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De mala calidad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chafa · chafa · Spanish
chafa · rank #68,394 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,394
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH celíaca
Nearest frequency peer: celíaca (-2 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 “chafa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- castizo
castizo
31,613 corpus weight
- Cazaban
Cazaban
31,612 corpus weight
- celíaca
celíaca
31,609 corpus weight
- chafa
chafa
31,607 corpus weight
- Chengdu
Chengdu
31,603 corpus weight
- chingadera
chingadera
31,601 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chafa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chafa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃafa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chafa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chafa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,394 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃafa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chafa, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is chafa, spelled C-H-A-F-A.
Definition
- 1De mala calidad.
- 2Dicho de una persona: militar (que está en el ejército).
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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