Nacho
[ˈnat͡ʃo]
The verdict
“Nacho” is uncommon German (frequency #67,544 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,544
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dreieckiger, mit Käse überbackener Chip aus Maismehl
Corpus desk
Index DE-nacho · Nacho · German
Nacho · rank #67,544 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,544
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nachkriegsjah…
Nearest frequency peer: Nachkriegsjahren (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Nacho”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nachgezogen
nachgezogen
32,460 corpus weight
- nachkaufen
nachkaufen
32,459 corpus weight
- Nachkriegsj…
Nachkriegsjahren
32,458 corpus weight
- Nacho
Nacho
32,457 corpus weight
- Nachrichten…
Nachrichtenagenturen
32,456 corpus weight
- Nachtarbeit
Nachtarbeit
32,455 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Nacho” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nacho |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnat͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Nacho” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Nacho is uncommon German at frequency #67,544 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnat͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dreieckiger, mit Käse überbackener Chip aus Maismehl".
Zero misspellings are on record for Nacho in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Nacho, spelled N-A-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1dreieckiger, mit Käse überbackener Chip aus Maismehl
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nacho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir stoßen mit einem Bier auf einen herrlichen Skitag an, teilen uns einen großen Teller Nachos und schauen im Licht der Nachmittagssonne auf die Berge.“
Vom Geruch des Popcorns und der Nachos wird mir im Kino immer ganz schlecht.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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