charla

[ˈt͡ʃaɾla]

/[ˈt͡ʃaɾla]/ noun

The verdict

“charla” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,618. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,618
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conversación ligera e informal. Véase charlar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-charla · charla · Spanish

charla · rank #3,618 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,618
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH capa

Nearest frequency peer: capa (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “charla”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “charla” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

charla vs Clara
50% similar
charla vs Chava
50% similar
charla vs chata
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for charla
PropertyValue
Headwordcharla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡ʃaɾla]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,618
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “charla”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).charlacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “capa” (#3,617), “creía” (#3,619), “caminando” (#3,616). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “charla” va en #3,618. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around charla (IPA [ˈt͡ʃaɾla]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,618 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for charla, with forms such as "cahrla", "ccharla", and "chalra". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Clara", "Chava", "chata", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is charla, spelled C-H-A-R-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conversación ligera e informal. Véase charlar.
  2. 2
    Exposición sobre algún tema.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how charla appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Hay muchísimas asociaciones y muchísimos colectivos que llevan muchísimo tiempo que están intentando llevar charlas a los colegios. Charlas sobre medio ambiente, sobre educación sexual, sobre violencia de género, sobre prevención de enfermedades de transmisión sexual.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahrla
  • ccharla
  • chalra
  • charal
  • charlla
  • charrla
  • chharla
  • chrala
  • hcarla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of charla - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cahrla2ccharla1chalra2charal2charlla1charrla1chharla1chrala2
Edit distance from "charla"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "charla"?
"charla" is spelled C-H-A-R-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃaɾla].
What does "charla" mean?
As a noun, "charla" means: Conversación ligera e informal. Véase charlar.
What words are commonly confused with "charla"?
"charla" is commonly confused with "Clara", "Chava", "chata". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "charla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charla" is [ˈt͡ʃaɾla]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charla" come from?
"charla" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "charla", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list