charango
[t͡ʃaˈɾãŋgo]
The verdict
“charango” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,617 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,617
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumento musical de cinco pares de cuerdas. Tiene el aspecto de una guitarra pequeña, con la caja de resonancia hecha en caparazón de quirquincho o en madera y el mango en madera. Su ejecución s...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | charango |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃaˈɾãŋgo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,617 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “charango” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
charango is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,617 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃaˈɾãŋgo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrumento musical de cinco pares de cuerdas. Tiene el aspecto de una guitarra pequeña, con la caja de resonancia hecha en caparazón de quirquincho o en madera y el mango en madera. Su ejecución s...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for charango, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is charango, spelled C-H-A-R-A-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1Instrumento musical de cinco pares de cuerdas. Tiene el aspecto de una guitarra pequeña, con la caja de resonancia hecha en caparazón de quirquincho o en madera y el mango en madera. Su ejecución se hace casi exclusivamente con las puntas de los dedos o las uñas y requiere de bastante destreza. Es un instrumento tradicional de los países andinos: Bolivia, Chile, Perú, Ecuador y Argentina.
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 “charango”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-A-R-A-N-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡ʃaˈɾãŋgo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.