gazpacho
/ɡəsˈpɑːt͡ʃəʊ/
"gazpacho" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gazpacho” is uncommon English (frequency #75,908 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,908
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A cold soup of Spanish origin, made with olive oil, vinegar, bread and raw vegetables such as tomatoes, garlic, onion, cucumber and sweet peppers.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gazpacho |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡəsˈpɑːt͡ʃəʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,908 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gazpacho” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gazpacho is uncommon English at frequency #75,908 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡəsˈpɑːt͡ʃəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cold soup of Spanish origin, made with olive oil, vinegar, bread and raw vegetables such as tomatoes, garlic, onion, cucumber and sweet peppers.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gazpacho in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish gazpacho, perhaps via Mozarabic *gazpelağo from Latin gazophylacium (“treasure-chest in a church”), alluding to the diversity of its contents. Alternatively, related to Spanish caspicias (“remnants”). The correct English form is gazpacho, spelled G-A-Z-P-A-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1A cold soup of Spanish origin, made with olive oil, vinegar, bread and raw vegetables such as tomatoes, garlic, onion, cucumber and sweet peppers.
Etymology
From Spanish gazpacho, perhaps via Mozarabic *gazpelağo from Latin gazophylacium (“treasure-chest in a church”), alluding to the diversity of its contents. Alternatively, related to Spanish caspicias (“remnants”).
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is G-A-Z-P-A-C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.