captcha
[ˈkapt̪t͡ʃa]
The verdict
“captcha” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,010 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,010
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prueba utilizada en algunos sistemas de cómputo para determinar cuándo el usuario es humano, de donde se supone que el acertijo a resolver será lo suficientemente complejo para que un sistema autom...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | captcha |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkapt̪t͡ʃa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “captcha” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
captcha is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,010 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkapt̪t͡ʃa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prueba utilizada en algunos sistemas de cómputo para determinar cuándo el usuario es humano, de donde se supone que el acertijo a resolver será lo suficientemente complejo para que un sistema autom...".
No misspelling variants are generated for captcha in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is captcha, spelled C-A-P-T-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1Prueba utilizada en algunos sistemas de cómputo para determinar cuándo el usuario es humano, de donde se supone que el acertijo a resolver será lo suficientemente complejo para que un sistema automatizado no puede resolverlo.
This word in other languages
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 “captcha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-P-T-C-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkapt̪t͡ʃa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.