gachas
[ˈgat͡ʃas]
The verdict
“gachas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,617 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,617
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plato con textura de papilla que se prepara cocinando en agua granos u hojuelas de cereal machacados, molidos o en harina.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gachas · gachas · Spanish
gachas · rank #51,617 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,617
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH féminas
Nearest frequency peer: féminas (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “gachas”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- fotocopiado…
fotocopiadora
48,388 corpus weight
- Françoise
Françoise
48,387 corpus weight
- féminas
féminas
48,385 corpus weight
- gachas
gachas
48,384 corpus weight
- garantizamos
garantizamos
48,382 corpus weight
- Garros
Garros
48,381 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “gachas” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gachas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgat͡ʃas] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,617 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gachas” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gachas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,617 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈgat͡ʃas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gachas, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is gachas, spelled G-A-C-H-A-S.
Definition
- 1Plato con textura de papilla que se prepara cocinando en agua granos u hojuelas de cereal machacados, molidos o en harina.
- 2Mezcla pantanosa de agua con tierra, como cuando llueve.
- 3Expresión melosa, verbal o física, de cariño.
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); 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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