cancha

/[ˈkãnʲt͡ʃa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,306

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cancha is aSpanishnoun. It means: Terreno para practicar un deporte. Pronounced [ˈkãnʲt͡ʃa]. It ranks #4,306 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Cauca and canoa.

Key facts for cancha
PropertyValue
Headwordcancha
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkãnʲt͡ʃa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,306
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cancha in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cancha is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkãnʲt͡ʃa]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,306 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for cancha, with forms such as "acncha", "cacnha", and "cancah". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cauca", "canoa", "catch", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cancha, spelled C-A-N-C-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Terreno para practicar un deporte.
  2. 2
    Terreno despejado, llano y sin obstáculos, sea natural o artificial.
  3. 3
    Recinto cercado.
  4. 4
    En especial, el destinado a la práctica de las carreras de caballos.
  5. 5
    Espacio destinado al tránsito de peatones o vehículos.
  6. 6
    Habilidad adquirida con la experiencia.
  7. 7
    Comisión o tasa que cobra la casa en los locales de apuestas.
  8. 8
    Estadio de fútbol, polo o rugby.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acncha,cacnha,cancah,canccha,canchha,canhca,canncha,ccancha,cnacha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cancha

Misspelling Variants of "cancha"

acncha6cacnha6cancah6canccha7canchha7canhca6canncha7ccancha7
Misspelling Variants of "cancha"

Frequency rank: #4,306 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cancha"?
"cancha" is spelled C-A-N-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkãnʲt͡ʃa].
What does "cancha" mean?
As a noun, "cancha" means: Terreno para practicar un deporte.
What words are commonly confused with "cancha"?
"cancha" is commonly confused with "Cauca", "canoa", "catch". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cancha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cancha" is [ˈkãnʲt͡ʃa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cancha" come from?
"cancha" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.