chanta

\ʃɑ̃.ta\

/\ʃɑ̃.ta\/ verb

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The verdict

“chanta” is uncommon French (frequency #54,468 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,468
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe chanter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chanta · chanta · French

chanta · rank #54,468 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,468
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chamboule

Nearest frequency peer: chamboule (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « chanta »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chanta » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chanta
PropertyValue
Headwordchanta
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃɑ̃.ta\
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,468
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chanta » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chantatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « chamboule » (#54,467), « chart » (#54,469), « centuries » (#54,466). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chanta » est au #54,468. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chanta is uncommon French at frequency #54,468 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃɑ̃.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe chanter.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chanta, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chanta, spelled C-H-A-N-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe chanter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how chanta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Non, non ! chanta Gambara qui sut faire chanter son pulmonique piano.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chanta"?
"chanta" is spelled C-H-A-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɑ̃.ta\.
What does "chanta" mean?
As a verb, "chanta" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe chanter.
How do you pronounce "chanta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chanta" is \ʃɑ̃.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chanta" come from?
"chanta" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chanta", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chassa#54,470châtie#54,475carmin#54,456colors#54,486

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list