borracho

Name: borracho, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[boˈrat͡ʃo]

/[boˈrat͡ʃo]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“borracho” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,628. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,628
frequency rank, Spanish: 2,459
“B” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intoxicado por el alcohol.

Corpus desk

Index ES-borracho · borracho · Spanish

borracho · rank #6,628 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #6,628
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 2,459
PHOTO-FINISH bodas

Nearest frequency peer: bodas (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

bla

93,376
blue

93,375
bodas

93,374
borracho

93,373
brillantes

93,372
buques

93,371

What this shows “borracho” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

borracho vs borrado

75% similar

borracho vs borrando

75% similar

borracho vs borrachos

89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for borracho
Property	Value
Headword	borracho
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[boˈrat͡ʃo]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#6,628
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “borracho”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.borrachocae aquí:

#6,628

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “bodas” (#6,627), “brillantes” (#6,629), “blue” (#6,626). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “borracho” va en #6,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around borracho (IPA [boˈrat͡ʃo]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,628 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for borracho, with forms such as "bborracho", "boracho", and "borarcho". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "borrado", "borrando", "borrachos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is borracho, spelled B-O-R-R-A-C-H-O.

Definition

1
Intoxicado por el alcohol.
2
Que regularmente ingiere alcohol hasta la intoxicación.
3
Por extensión, conmovido por una pasión violenta cuyos síntomas se asemejan a los de la intoxicación.
4
Dicho de un manjar, embebido en algún licor.
5
Dicho de algunos vegetales, de color bermejo o morado, similar al del vino tinto.

This word in other languages

drunk(English)ivre(Français)betrunken(Deutsch)bêbado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

bborracho
boracho
borarcho
borraccho
borrachho
borracoh
borrahco
borrcaho
broracho
obrracho
vorracho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of borracho - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "borracho"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "borracho"?

"borracho" is spelled B-O-R-R-A-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is [boˈrat͡ʃo].

What does "borracho" mean?

As an adjective, "borracho" means: Intoxicado por el alcohol.

What words are commonly confused with "borracho"?

"borracho" is commonly confused with "borrado", "borrando", "borrachos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "borracho"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "borracho" is [boˈrat͡ʃo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "borracho" come from?

"borracho" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "borracho", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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