chala
[ˈt͡ʃala]
The verdict
“chala” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,862 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,862
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hoja alargada y firme que cubre la mazorca del maíz, usada tradicionalmente como relleno de jergones y como envoltorio de cigarros y preparados culinarios.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chala · chala · Spanish
chala · rank #59,862 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,862
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chaka
Nearest frequency peer: chaka (-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 “chala”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cerramiento
cerramiento
40,143 corpus weight
- cerrillos
cerrillos
40,142 corpus weight
- chaka
chaka
40,140 corpus weight
- chala
chala
40,139 corpus weight
- charts
charts
40,138 corpus weight
- chillidos
chillidos
40,136 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chala” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chala |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃala] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chala” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chala is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,862 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃala]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chala, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is chala, spelled C-H-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1Hoja alargada y firme que cubre la mazorca del maíz, usada tradicionalmente como relleno de jergones y como envoltorio de cigarros y preparados culinarios.
- 2Bien que se usa para el pago de otros bienes y servicios y como unidad de medida de la riqueza.
- 3Picadura de las sumidades floridas de la marihuana, utilizada como psicoactivo.
- 4Tipo de calzado formado por una suela y correas de sujeción.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chala appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
otro cigarrillos de chala que fumaba al tiempo mismo que en números pequeños y prolijos establecía y formalizaba cuentas.
Pasamos a la enramada, que quedaba unida al toldo. Este es siempre de cuero, aquélla de paja, generalmente de chala de maíz.
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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