gabacho
[gaˈβ̞at͡ʃo]
The verdict
“gabacho” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio, natural de o relativo a Francia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gabacho · gabacho · Spanish
gabacho · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gabacho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [gaˈβ̞at͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gabacho” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gabacho is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [gaˈβ̞at͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
gabacho doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is gabacho, spelled G-A-B-A-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Propio, natural de o relativo a Francia.
- 2Propio, natural de o relativo a la región pirenaica fronteriza con este país.
- 3Propio, natural de o relativo a los Estados Unidos.
- 4Aplícase al palomo o paloma de casta grande y calzado de plumas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gabacho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Admirose un portugués de ver que en su tierna infancia todos los niños en Francia supiesen hablar francés arte diabólico es dijo torciéndose el mostacho que para hablar el gabacho un hidalgo en Portugal llega a viejo y lo habla mal y aquí lo parla un muchacho
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.