chula

/[ˈt͡ʃula]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,493

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

chula is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino singular de chulo. Pronounced [ˈt͡ʃula]. Often confused with cua and cul.

Key facts for chula
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Headwordchula
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈt͡ʃula]
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,493
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chula in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for chula is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for chula, with forms such as "cchula", "chhula", and "chlua". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is chula, spelled C-H-U-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino singular de chulo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchula,chhula,chlua,chual,chulla,cuhla,hcula

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chula

Misspelling Variants of "chula"

cchula6chhula6chlua5chual5chulla6cuhla5hcula5
Misspelling Variants of "chula"

Frequency rank: #34,493 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chula"?
"chula" is spelled C-H-U-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡ʃula].
What does "chula" mean?
As an adj, "chula" means: Forma del femenino singular de chulo.
What words are commonly confused with "chula"?
"chula" is commonly confused with "cua", "cul", "Cuba". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chula"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chula" is [ˈt͡ʃula]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chula" come from?
"chula" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.