cocacho
[koˈkat͡ʃo]
The verdict
“cocacho” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Golpe que se da con los nudillos (de los dedos doblados) en la cabeza, generalmente afectuoso si se hace sin violencia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cocacho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koˈkat͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cocacho” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cocacho is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈkat͡ʃo]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Golpe que se da con los nudillos (de los dedos doblados) en la cabeza, generalmente afectuoso si se hace sin violencia.".
cocacho doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cocacho, spelled C-O-C-A-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Golpe que se da con los nudillos (de los dedos doblados) en la cabeza, generalmente afectuoso si se hace sin violencia.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cocacho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-C-A-C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koˈkat͡ʃo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.