gauche
[ɡoʃ]
The verdict
“gauche” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Izquierdo, siniestro o zurdo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gauche · gauche · Spanish
gauche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | gauche |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡoʃ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gauche” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gauche is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡoʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
gauche has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is gauche, spelled G-A-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Izquierdo, siniestro o zurdo.
- 2Izquierdo.
- 3Izquierdo.
- 4Izquierdo.
- 5Torpe.
- 6Levógiro o quiral.
Antonyms
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.