chanza
[ˈt͡ʃãnsa]
The verdict
“chanza” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #73,465 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #73,465
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o dicho ingenioso hecho para divertir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chanza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃãnsa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,465 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chanza” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chanza is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃãnsa]. Corpus data places it at rank #73,465 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 chanza, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is chanza, spelled C-H-A-N-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Acción o dicho ingenioso hecho para divertir.
- 2Hecho burlesco para recrear el ánimo o ejercitar el ingenio.
- 3Condición o carácter de astuto o sagaz.
- 4Oportunidad.
This word in other languages
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 “chanza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-A-N-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡ʃãnsa] (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.