chardonnay
[t͡ʃaɾð̞õnˈnaj]
The verdict
“chardonnay” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,090 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,090
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variedad de uva de piel verde usada para hacer vino blanco. Es originaria de la región vitícola de Borgoña, en el este de Francia, pero ahora crece en todas partes donde se produce vino, desde Ingl...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chardonnay |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃaɾð̞õnˈnaj] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chardonnay” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chardonnay is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,090 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃaɾð̞õnˈnaj]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variedad de uva de piel verde usada para hacer vino blanco. Es originaria de la región vitícola de Borgoña, en el este de Francia, pero ahora crece en todas partes donde se produce vino, desde Ingl...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for chardonnay in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is chardonnay, spelled C-H-A-R-D-O-N-N-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Variedad de uva de piel verde usada para hacer vino blanco. Es originaria de la región vitícola de Borgoña, en el este de Francia, pero ahora crece en todas partes donde se produce vino, desde Inglaterra hasta Nueva Zelanda. Para regiones vitícolas nuevas y en desarrollo es visto como un "rito de paso" y como una fácil entrada en el mercado internacional del vino.
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 “chardonnay”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-A-R-D-O-N-N-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡ʃaɾð̞õnˈnaj] (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.