cartucho
[kaɾˈt̪ut͡ʃo]
The verdict
“cartucho” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #19,655 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,655
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Carga de pólvora y municiones o de pólvora sola, correspondiente a cada tiro de alguna arma de fuego, envuelta en papel o lienzo, o encerrada en un tubo metálico, para cargar de una vez.
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 | cartucho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaɾˈt̪ut͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,655 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cartucho” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cartucho is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaɾˈt̪ut͡ʃo]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,655 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cartucho, with forms such as "acrtucho", "carrtucho", and "cartcuho". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "caucho", "cartuchos", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is cartucho, spelled C-A-R-T-U-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Carga de pólvora y municiones o de pólvora sola, correspondiente a cada tiro de alguna arma de fuego, envuelta en papel o lienzo, o encerrada en un tubo metálico, para cargar de una vez.
- 2Lío o envoltorio de monedas de una misma clase, en figura de cilindro o columna.
- 3(Digitalis purpurea) Planta herbácea bienal de la familia de las escrofularáceas. Sus hojas crecen en roseta el primer año y en un tallo erecto el segundo, sus flores tienen forma acampanada y color púrpura o blanco. Contiene dos sustancias venenosas, la digitoxina y la digoxina, que tienen usos en medicina y biología molecular.
- 4(Antirrhinum majus) Planta cultivada en jardinería de la familia Plantaginaceae. Tallos paralelos verticales de de un metro de altura, hojas alternas lineares, inflorescencia en racimos terminales de colores que van del blanco, pasando por el amarillo, hasta el rojo obscuro. Si se aprieta la flor lateralmente, esta se abre mostrando su interior.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acrtucho,carrtucho,cartcuho,carttucho,cartuccho,cartuchho,cartucoh,cartuhco,carutcho,catrucho,ccartucho,cratucho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cartucho - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “cartucho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-R-T-U-C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaɾˈt̪ut͡ʃo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “caucho” - see the side-by-side comparison. cartucho vs caucho
- 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.