cartucho

/[kaɾˈt̪ut͡ʃo]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,655

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

cartucho is aSpanishnoun. It means: 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. Pronounced [kaɾˈt̪ut͡ʃo]. Often confused with caucho and cartuchos.

Key facts for cartucho
PropertyValue
Headwordcartucho
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaɾˈt̪ut͡ʃo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,655
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cartucho is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for cartucho, with forms such as "acrtucho", "carrtucho", and "cartcuho". 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 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 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 cartucho, spelled C-A-R-T-U-C-H-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    Lío o envoltorio de monedas de una misma clase, en figura de cilindro o columna.
  3. 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. 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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrtucho,carrtucho,cartcuho,carttucho,cartuccho,cartuchho,cartucoh,cartuhco,carutcho,catrucho,ccartucho,cratucho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cartucho

Misspelling Variants of "cartucho"

acrtucho8carrtucho9cartcuho8carttucho9cartuccho9cartuchho9cartucoh8cartuhco8
Misspelling Variants of "cartucho"

Frequency rank: #19,655 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cartucho"?
"cartucho" is spelled C-A-R-T-U-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kaɾˈt̪ut͡ʃo].
What does "cartucho" mean?
As a noun, "cartucho" means: 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.
What words are commonly confused with "cartucho"?
"cartucho" is commonly confused with "caucho", "cartuchos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cartucho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cartucho" is [kaɾˈt̪ut͡ʃo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cartucho" come from?
"cartucho" 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.