cheesecake
[ˈt͡ʃiskejk]
The verdict
“cheesecake” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,764 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,764
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Torta hecha a partir de queso cottage o queso crema saborizado, huevos y leche sobre una base crocante de galleta.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cheesecake |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡ʃiskejk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cheesecake” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cheesecake is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,764 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡ʃiskejk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Torta hecha a partir de queso cottage o queso crema saborizado, huevos y leche sobre una base crocante de galleta.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cheesecake in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is cheesecake, spelled C-H-E-E-S-E-C-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1Torta hecha a partir de queso cottage o queso crema saborizado, huevos y leche sobre una base crocante de galleta.
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 “cheesecake”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-E-E-S-E-C-A-K-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡ʃiskejk] (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.