chula
[ˈt͡ʃula]
The verdict
“chula” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #34,493 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #34,493
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino singular de chulo.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chula |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃula] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #34,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chula” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chula is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃula]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,493 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino singular de chulo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for chula, with forms such as "cchula", "chhula", and "chlua". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cua", "cul", "Cuba", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 chula, spelled C-H-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino singular de chulo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchula,chhula,chlua,chual,chulla,cuhla,hcula
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chula - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “chula”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-U-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡ʃula] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cua” - see the side-by-side comparison. chula vs cua
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.