chufa
[ˈt͡ʃufa]
The verdict
“chufa” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o dicho destinada a buscar el ridículo de alguno por diversión o inquina, atacando al adversario
Corpus desk
Index ES-chufa · chufa · Spanish
chufa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chufa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃufa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chufa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chufa is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃufa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
chufa has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 chufa, spelled C-H-U-F-A.
Definition
- 1Acción o dicho destinada a buscar el ridículo de alguno por diversión o inquina, atacando al adversario
- 2Tubérculo comestible de la juncia avellanada (Cyperus esculentus), de sabor dulce, ligeramente nogado, y muy ricas en lípidos y minerales. Se consumen desde la Antigüedad, y hoy son un alimento usual en África occidental y en España, donde se elabora una horchata con ellas
- 3Golpe que se da en la cara con la palma de la mano
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.