diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/type/CharParametricType.java b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/type/CharParametricType.java
index 50deafe3138b..7b209881d2ce 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/type/CharParametricType.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/type/CharParametricType.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 package io.trino.type;
 
+import io.trino.spi.type.CharType;
 import io.trino.spi.type.ParametricType;
 import io.trino.spi.type.StandardTypes;
 import io.trino.spi.type.Type;
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static io.trino.spi.type.CharType.createCharType;
+import static java.lang.Math.toIntExact;
 
 public class CharParametricType
         implements ParametricType
@@ -50,6 +52,11 @@ public Type createType(TypeManager typeManager, List<TypeParameter> parameters)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("CHAR length must be a number");
         }
 
-        return createCharType(parameter.getLongLiteral());
+        long length = parameter.getLongLiteral();
+        if (length < 0 || length > CharType.MAX_LENGTH) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid CHAR length " + length);
+        }
+
+        return createCharType(toIntExact(length));
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/type/VarcharParametricType.java b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/type/VarcharParametricType.java
index 2fca08209914..fe18769703a2 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/type/VarcharParametricType.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/type/VarcharParametricType.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static io.trino.spi.type.VarcharType.createUnboundedVarcharType;
+import static java.lang.Math.toIntExact;
 
 public class VarcharParametricType
         implements ParametricType
@@ -61,6 +62,6 @@ public Type createType(TypeManager typeManager, List<TypeParameter> parameters)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid VARCHAR length " + length);
         }
 
-        return VarcharType.createVarcharType((int) length);
+        return VarcharType.createVarcharType(toIntExact(length));
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/operator/scalar/TestStringFunctions.java b/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/operator/scalar/TestStringFunctions.java
index 32f605b2b81e..5338d419b501 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/operator/scalar/TestStringFunctions.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/operator/scalar/TestStringFunctions.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import static io.trino.spi.StandardErrorCode.FUNCTION_NOT_FOUND;
 import static io.trino.spi.StandardErrorCode.INVALID_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT;
 import static io.trino.spi.StandardErrorCode.TOO_MANY_ARGUMENTS;
+import static io.trino.spi.StandardErrorCode.TYPE_NOT_FOUND;
 import static io.trino.spi.type.BigintType.BIGINT;
 import static io.trino.spi.type.BooleanType.BOOLEAN;
 import static io.trino.spi.type.CharType.createCharType;
@@ -956,7 +957,7 @@ public void testCharConcat()
 
         assertFunction("concat('hello na\u00EFve', cast(' world' as char(6)))", createCharType(17), "hello na\u00EFve world");
 
-        assertInvalidFunction("concat(cast('ab ' as char(40000)), cast('' as char(40000)))", "line 1:1: CHAR length must be in range [0, 65536], got 80000");
+        assertInvalidFunction("concat(cast('ab ' as char(40000)), cast('' as char(40000)))", TYPE_NOT_FOUND, "line 1:1: Unknown type: char(80000)");
 
         assertFunction("concat(cast(null as char(1)), cast(' ' as char(1)))", createCharType(2), null);
     }
diff --git a/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/type/CharType.java b/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/type/CharType.java
index 6fcff5414dee..f2b77164305a 100644
--- a/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/type/CharType.java
+++ b/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/type/CharType.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import io.airlift.slice.SliceUtf8;
 import io.airlift.slice.Slices;
 import io.airlift.slice.XxHash64;
-import io.trino.spi.TrinoException;
 import io.trino.spi.block.Block;
 import io.trino.spi.block.BlockBuilder;
 import io.trino.spi.block.BlockBuilderStatus;
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static io.airlift.slice.SliceUtf8.countCodePoints;
-import static io.trino.spi.StandardErrorCode.INVALID_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT;
 import static io.trino.spi.function.OperatorType.COMPARISON_UNORDERED_LAST;
 import static io.trino.spi.function.OperatorType.EQUAL;
 import static io.trino.spi.function.OperatorType.XX_HASH_64;
@@ -40,6 +38,7 @@
 import static io.trino.spi.type.TypeOperatorDeclaration.extractOperatorDeclaration;
 import static java.lang.Character.MAX_CODE_POINT;
 import static java.lang.Character.MIN_CODE_POINT;
+import static java.lang.Math.toIntExact;
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 import static java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.lookup;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
@@ -50,16 +49,38 @@ public final class CharType
     private static final TypeOperatorDeclaration TYPE_OPERATOR_DECLARATION = extractOperatorDeclaration(CharType.class, lookup(), Slice.class);
 
     public static final int MAX_LENGTH = 65_536;
+    private static final CharType[] CACHED_INSTANCES = new CharType[128];
+
+    static {
+        for (int i = 0; i < CACHED_INSTANCES.length; i++) {
+            CACHED_INSTANCES[i] = new CharType(i);
+        }
+    }
 
     private final int length;
     private volatile Optional<Range> range;
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #createCharType(int)} instead.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static CharType createCharType(long length)
     {
+        if (length < 0 || length > MAX_LENGTH) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(format("CHAR length must be in range [0, %s], got %s", MAX_LENGTH, length));
+        }
+        return createCharType(toIntExact(length));
+    }
+
+    public static CharType createCharType(int length)
+    {
+        if (0 <= length && length < CACHED_INSTANCES.length) {
+            return CACHED_INSTANCES[length];
+        }
         return new CharType(length);
     }
 
-    private CharType(long length)
+    private CharType(int length)
     {
         super(
                 new TypeSignature(
@@ -68,9 +89,9 @@ private CharType(long length)
                 Slice.class);
 
         if (length < 0 || length > MAX_LENGTH) {
-            throw new TrinoException(INVALID_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT, format("CHAR length must be in range [0, %s], got %s", MAX_LENGTH, length));
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(format("CHAR length must be in range [0, %s], got %s", MAX_LENGTH, length));
         }
-        this.length = (int) length;
+        this.length = length;
     }
 
     public int getLength()
diff --git a/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/type/VarcharType.java b/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/type/VarcharType.java
index d2319a9e2c69..ed3e0a24abfc 100644
--- a/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/type/VarcharType.java
+++ b/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/type/VarcharType.java
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ public final class VarcharType
     public static final int MAX_LENGTH = Integer.MAX_VALUE - 1;
     public static final VarcharType VARCHAR = new VarcharType(UNBOUNDED_LENGTH);
 
+    private static final VarcharType[] CACHED_INSTANCES = new VarcharType[128];
+
+    static {
+        for (int i = 0; i < CACHED_INSTANCES.length; i++) {
+            CACHED_INSTANCES[i] = new VarcharType(i);
+        }
+    }
+
     public static VarcharType createUnboundedVarcharType()
     {
         return VARCHAR;
@@ -59,6 +67,9 @@ public static VarcharType createVarcharType(int length)
             // Use createUnboundedVarcharType for unbounded VARCHAR.
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid VARCHAR length " + length);
         }
+        if (length < CACHED_INSTANCES.length) {
+            return CACHED_INSTANCES[length];
+        }
         return new VarcharType(length);
     }