chunga
[ˈt͡ʃũŋga]
The verdict
“chunga” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #60,631 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #60,631
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho o acción destinados a divertirse o a reírse de alguien, generalmente de forma ligera y festiva.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chunga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃũŋga] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chunga” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chunga is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡ʃũŋga]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,631 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for chunga in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 chunga, spelled C-H-U-N-G-A.
Definition
- 1Dicho o acción destinados a divertirse o a reírse de alguien, generalmente de forma ligera y festiva.
- 2(Astrocaryum standleyanum) Tipo de palma que alcanza hasta quince metros de altura, tallo con espinas blancuzcas, hojas de hasta cuatro metros de longitud y flores de color crema y de olor intenso. Se distribuye desde el sudeste de Costa Rica hasta el noreste de Ecuador; en las tierras bajas del Pacífico, en Colombia.
- 3Marca o raya sobre el suelo que sirve para marcar la distancia desde donde se lanzan las canicas en el juego.
- 4Pequeño hueco u hoyo donde debe caer la canica para ganar puntos en dicho juego.
- 5Acción y efecto de tomar mucho licor; borrachera.
Synonyms
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 “chunga”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-U-N-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡ʃũŋga] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.