chontales
[t͡ʃõn̪ˈt̪ales]
The verdict
“chontales” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,742 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,742
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de chontal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chontales |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t͡ʃõn̪ˈt̪ales] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,742 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chontales” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chontales is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,742 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t͡ʃõn̪ˈt̪ales]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de chontal.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chontales in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is chontales, spelled C-H-O-N-T-A-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de chontal.
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 “chontales”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-O-N-T-A-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡ʃõn̪ˈt̪ales] (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.