couch
/kaʊtʃ/
The verdict
“couch” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,782 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,782
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sofá, diván.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | couch |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kaʊtʃ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “couch” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
couch is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,782 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kaʊtʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sofá, diván.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for couch in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 couch, spelled C-O-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Sofá, diván.
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 “couch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-U-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.