champa

/[ˈt͡ʃãmpa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#98,216

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

champa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Trozo de tierra de algunos centímetros de espesor cubierto de césped. Se utiliza para trasplantar el césped, reparar el gramado de los estadios y las áreas verdes de parques y jardines. Pronounced [ˈt͡ʃãmpa].

Key facts for champa
PropertyValue
Headwordchampa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡ʃãmpa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,216
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of champa in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for champa is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃãmpa]. Corpus data places it at rank #98,216 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for champa in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is champa, spelled C-H-A-M-P-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trozo de tierra de algunos centímetros de espesor cubierto de césped. Se utiliza para trasplantar el césped, reparar el gramado de los estadios y las áreas verdes de parques y jardines.
  2. 2
    Trozo de tierra de forma irregular con pasto o con una planta, generalmente conservando las raíces. Puede ser producto de arrancar una hierba o planta de cuajo con las manos, al desmalezar; o haber sido hecho con alguna herramienta de jardinería, con el fin de transplantar.
  3. 3
    Pasto duro de la montaña, arrancado para ser usado como leña en una fogata.
  4. 4
    Tierra, con raíces de plantas y restos vegetales, que se acumula en las acequias.
  5. 5
    Vello púbico en la mujer.
  6. 6
    Cosa enredada.^([cita requerida]).
  7. 7
    Pita, agave.^([cita requerida]).
  8. 8
    Suerte, azar.^([cita requerida]).

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #98,216 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "champa"?
"champa" is spelled C-H-A-M-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃãmpa].
What does "champa" mean?
As a noun, "champa" means: Trozo de tierra de algunos centímetros de espesor cubierto de césped. Se utiliza para trasplantar el césped, reparar el gramado de los estadios y las áreas verdes de parques y jardines.
How do you pronounce "champa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "champa" is [ˈt͡ʃãmpa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "champa" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.