# nachos

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈnætʃəʊz/ · frequency rank #31,669

## Definitions
1. A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish nachos, from Nacho. Nacho is a common diminutive form of Ignacio (“Ignatius”) in Spanish. The Mexican creator of the dish, Ignacio Anaya (1895–1975), named it after himself in 1943: Nacho's Especiales.

## Easily confused with
- **Nichols** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nachos-vs-nichols)
- **nacho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nacho-vs-nachos)

## Common misspellings (9)
`anchos`, `nacchos`, `nachhos`, `nachoss`, `nachso`, `nacohs`, `nahcos`, `ncahos`, `nnachos`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nachos