chal
[ˈt͡ʃal]
The verdict
“chal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,069 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,069
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prenda de vestir femenina, que consiste en un rectángulo de tela ligera que se echa sobre los hombros.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chal · chal · Spanish
chal · rank #54,069 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,069
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chacha
Nearest frequency peer: chacha (-1 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 “chal”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cervecero
cervecero
45,936 corpus weight
- cesantía
cesantía
45,935 corpus weight
- chacha
chacha
45,933 corpus weight
- chal
chal
45,932 corpus weight
- changes
changes
45,930 corpus weight
- Charge
Charge
45,929 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chal” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃal] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #54,069 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,069 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prenda de vestir femenina, que consiste en un rectángulo de tela ligera que se echa sobre los hombros.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chal in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is chal, spelled C-H-A-L.
Definition
- 1Prenda de vestir femenina, que consiste en un rectángulo de tela ligera que se echa sobre los hombros.
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.
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