ducha

/[ˈd̪ut͡ʃa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,953

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

ducha is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de duchar o de ducharse. Pronounced [ˈd̪ut͡ʃa]. It ranks #5,953 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with duda and dura.

Key facts for ducha
PropertyValue
Headwordducha
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪ut͡ʃa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,953
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ducha is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪ut͡ʃa]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,953 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for ducha, with forms such as "dcuha", "dducha", and "ducah". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "duda", "dura", "duck", and more, 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 ducha, spelled D-U-C-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de duchar o de ducharse.
  2. 2
    Lluvia rápida, repentina y breve.
  3. 3
    Dispositivo para bañarse, en forma de tubo con un extremo perforado que deja caer una lluvia de agua.
  4. 4
    Instalación de baño provista de una ducha ₂.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dcuha,dducha,ducah,duccha,duchha,duhca,udcha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ducha

Misspelling Variants of "ducha"

dcuha5dducha6ducah5duccha6duchha6duhca5udcha5
Misspelling Variants of "ducha"

Frequency rank: #5,953 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ducha"?
"ducha" is spelled D-U-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪ut͡ʃa].
What does "ducha" mean?
As a noun, "ducha" means: Acción o efecto de duchar o de ducharse.
What words are commonly confused with "ducha"?
"ducha" is commonly confused with "duda", "dura", "duck". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ducha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ducha" is [ˈd̪ut͡ʃa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ducha" come from?
"ducha" 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.