cachaça
ca·cha·ça/kəˈʃɑ.sə/noun
cachaça is spelled C-A-C-H-A-Ç-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables (ca·cha·ça). It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cachaça means “A type of distilled spirit made from fermented sugar cane juice, popular in Brazil, used as one of the ingredients of a caipirinha” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cachaça is cachaças or cachacas.
How many letters and syllables are in cachaça?
| Letters | 7: C-A-C-H-A-Ç-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ca·cha·ça |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cachaça?
Cachaça appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cachaça?
- UK /kəˈʃɑː.sə/
- US /kəˈʃɑ.sə/
Cachaça has 3 syllables, split ca·cha·ça in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with cachaça?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cachaça from its last stressed vowel (/ɑsə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cachaça
- cachaças plural
- cachacas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cachaça mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of distilled spirit made from fermented sugar cane juice, popular in Brazil, used as one of the ingredients of a caipirinha.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of cachaça.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cachaça in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense distilled spirit from sugar cane:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cachaça come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese cachaça, of uncertain origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).