cachorro
[kaˈt͡ʃoro]
The verdict
“cachorro” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,295. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,295
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hijo de corta edad de algunos mamíferos como el perro, el lobo, el oso, etc.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cachorro · cachorro · Spanish
cachorro · rank #15,295 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,295
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cacho
Nearest frequency peer: cacho (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cachorro”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- boxeador
boxeador
84,709 corpus weight
- brava
brava
84,708 corpus weight
- cacho
cacho
84,707 corpus weight
- cachorro
cachorro
84,706 corpus weight
- cagado
cagado
84,705 corpus weight
- calabaza
calabaza
84,704 corpus weight
What this shows “cachorro” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cachorro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈt͡ʃoro] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cachorro”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around cachorro (IPA [kaˈt͡ʃoro]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,295 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cachorro, with forms such as "acchorro", "cacchorro", and "cachhorro". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "chorro", "cachorros", "cachondo", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 cachorro, spelled C-A-C-H-O-R-R-O.
Definition
- 1Hijo de corta edad de algunos mamíferos como el perro, el lobo, el oso, etc.
- 2Persona de una generación más joven que se supone sustituirá a los miembros de mayor edad de un grupo.
- 3Dícese del bebé humano.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cachorro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Una mañana iba con la maleta de los auxilios a la jaula de los tigres. Dos cachorros habían estado jugando y uno salió con un ojo a mal traer. Daba vueltas por la carpa cuando dos hombres me tiraron al piso».
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acchorro
- cacchorro
- cachhorro
- cachoro
- cachoror
- cachroro
- cacohrro
- cahcorro
- ccachorro
- ccahorro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cachorro - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).