cachimba

[kaˈt͡ʃĩmba]

/[kaˈt͡ʃĩmba]/ noun

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The verdict

“cachimba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,755 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,755
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pipa tosca o rudimentaria.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cachimba · cachimba · Spanish

cachimba · rank #81,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,755
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cabalgamos

Nearest frequency peer: cabalgamos (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cachimba”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cachimba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cachimba
PropertyValue
Headwordcachimba
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈt͡ʃĩmba]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,755
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cachimba” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).cachimbacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “cabalgamos” (#81,754), “burgalesa” (#81,752), “Burga” (#81,751). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cachimba” va en #81,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cachimba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,755 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈt͡ʃĩmba]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for cachimba in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 cachimba, spelled C-A-C-H-I-M-B-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pipa tosca o rudimentaria.
  2. 2
    Extremo de un cigarro de hoja.
  3. 3
    Jícara alargada elaborada de la calabaza vinatera.
  4. 4
    Artefacto similar a la pipa con forma alargada, dotado de varios tubos flexibles a través de los cuales varios fumadores pueden inhalar el humo de la combustión de algún narcótico o sabor
  5. 5
    Lámpara antigua, la cual utilizaba petróleo para encenderse. ^([cita requerida])
  6. 6
    Choza. Refugio nocturno en las carreteras para que descansen quienes conducen camiones y tráilers y, sobre todo, para venta de sustancias adictivas (cocaína), café, refrescos, alimentos, gasolina e incluso camiones y prostitución.

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 "cachimba"?
"cachimba" is spelled C-A-C-H-I-M-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈt͡ʃĩmba].
What does "cachimba" mean?
As a noun, "cachimba" means: Pipa tosca o rudimentaria.
How do you pronounce "cachimba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cachimba" is [kaˈt͡ʃĩmba]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cachimba" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

calcáreo#81,760camellón#81,763brújulas#81,746brillado#81,745

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list