gotcha
[ˈgot̪t͡ʃa]
The verdict
“gotcha” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,432 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,432
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un juego donde los jugadores disparan bolas de pintura.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gotcha · gotcha · Spanish
gotcha · rank #97,432 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,432
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH gosh
Nearest frequency peer: gosh (-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 “gotcha”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- golpees
golpees
2,574 corpus weight
- gosh
gosh
2,570 corpus weight
- gotcha
gotcha
2,569 corpus weight
- gotear
gotear
2,568 corpus weight
- granulosa
granulosa
2,567 corpus weight
- graníticas
graníticas
2,566 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “gotcha” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gotcha |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgot̪t͡ʃa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gotcha” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gotcha is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,432 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈgot̪t͡ʃa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un juego donde los jugadores disparan bolas de pintura.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gotcha, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 gotcha, spelled G-O-T-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1Un juego donde los jugadores disparan bolas de pintura.
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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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