nacho
/ˈnɑt͡ʃoʊ/noun
nacho is spelled N-A-C-H-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nacho means “A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nacho is nachos.
How many letters and syllables are in nacho?
| Letters | 5: N-A-C-H-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 nacho?
Nacho appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th 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 nacho?
- UK /ˈnæt͡ʃəʊ/
- US /ˈnɑt͡ʃoʊ/
Nacho has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nacho.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nacho?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as nacho from its last stressed vowel (/ɑtʃoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ancho.
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 nacho
- nachos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nacho mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nacho in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tortilla chip – see also tortilla chip:
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 nacho come from?
Back-formation from nachos.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).