cachetada
[kat͡ʃeˈt̪að̞a]
The verdict
“cachetada” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #33,466. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,466
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Golpe que se hace en la cara con la palma de la mano.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cachetada · cachetada · Spanish
cachetada · rank #33,466 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,466
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cabreado
Nearest frequency peer: cabreado (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cachetada”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cab
cab
66,537 corpus weight
- cabreado
cabreado
66,536 corpus weight
- cachetada
cachetada
66,535 corpus weight
- calentito
calentito
66,534 corpus weight
- calló
calló
66,533 corpus weight
- canalización
canalización
66,532 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cachetada” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cachetada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kat͡ʃeˈt̪að̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,466 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “cachetada” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around cachetada (IPA [kat͡ʃeˈt̪að̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,466 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for cachetada, with forms such as "acchetada", "cacchetada", and "cacehtada". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cachetada, spelled C-A-C-H-E-T-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Golpe que se hace en la cara con la palma de la mano.
- 2Frase o discurso que deja atónito al oyente.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acchetada
- cacchetada
- cacehtada
- cacheatda
- cachetaad
- cachetadda
- cachetdaa
- cachettada
- cachhetada
- cachteada
- cahcetada
- ccachetada
- ccahetada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cachetada - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cachetada", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "cachetada". Here's where to go from here.
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #33,466 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.