cachumbambé
[kat͡ʃũmbãmˈbe]
The verdict
“cachumbambé” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Elemento compuesto por una barra larga de metal o madera con asientos en sus extremos, con un apoyo fijo en su punto medio, en donde se sientan dos personas en sus extremos y comienzan a moverse en...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cachumbambé |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kat͡ʃũmbãmˈbe] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cachumbambé” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cachumbambé is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kat͡ʃũmbãmˈbe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Elemento compuesto por una barra larga de metal o madera con asientos en sus extremos, con un apoyo fijo en su punto medio, en donde se sientan dos personas en sus extremos y comienzan a moverse en...".
cachumbambé doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cachumbambé, spelled C-A-C-H-U-M-B-A-M-B-É.
Definition
- 1Elemento compuesto por una barra larga de metal o madera con asientos en sus extremos, con un apoyo fijo en su punto medio, en donde se sientan dos personas en sus extremos y comienzan a moverse en forma de vaivén vertical.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cachumbambé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-C-H-U-M-B-A-M-B-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kat͡ʃũmbãmˈbe] (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.