chanza
[ˈt͡ʃãnsa]
The verdict
“chanza” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,465 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,465
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o dicho ingenioso hecho para divertir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chanza · chanza · Spanish
chanza · rank #73,465 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,465
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH certain
Nearest frequency peer: certain (-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 “chanza”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cello
cello
26,541 corpus weight
- centurias
centurias
26,540 corpus weight
- cercanamente
cercanamente
26,539 corpus weight
- certain
certain
26,537 corpus weight
- chanza
chanza
26,536 corpus weight
- chil
chil
26,533 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chanza” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “chanza” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chanza is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,465 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃãnsa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chanza appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
—Caso fue espantoso —dijo Florino— y más dio en qué entender a los presentes, cuando con juramento afirmaba el hidalgo haberlo dicho por chanza y haciendo burla.
Envidia, rencor y vanidad ocupan demasiado tales pechos para que en ellos quepan la verdadera alegría, la conversación festiva, la chanza inocente, la mutua benevolencia.
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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