a cheque
[a ˈt͡ʃeke]
The verdict
“a cheque” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de una persona, cargado sobre las espaldas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | a cheque |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [a ˈt͡ʃeke] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “a cheque” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
a cheque is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [a ˈt͡ʃeke]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dicho de una persona, cargado sobre las espaldas.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for a cheque, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is a cheque, spelled A- -C-H-E-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona, cargado sobre las espaldas.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “a cheque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A- -C-H-E-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [a ˈt͡ʃeke] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
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.