cachetada
[kat͡ʃeˈt̪að̞a]
The verdict
“cachetada” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #33,466 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,466
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Golpe que se hace en la cara con la palma de la mano.
| 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) |
Where “cachetada” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cachetada is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kat͡ʃeˈt̪að̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,466 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “cachetada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-C-H-E-T-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kat͡ʃeˈt̪að̞a] (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.