guacho

/[ˈgwat͡ʃo]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,119

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

guacho is anSpanishadj. It means: Dicho de un animal, o más raramente de una persona, que ha perdido uno o ambos progenitores. Pronounced [ˈgwat͡ʃo]. Often confused with guapo and guardo.

Key facts for guacho
PropertyValue
Headwordguacho
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈgwat͡ʃo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,119
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for guacho is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgwat͡ʃo]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,119 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 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 guacho, with forms such as "gguacho", "guaccho", and "guachho". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "guapo", "guardo", "Gacha", 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 guacho, spelled G-U-A-C-H-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dicho de un animal, o más raramente de una persona, que ha perdido uno o ambos progenitores.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, dicho de una persona, nacido fuera del matrimonio.
  3. 3
    Dicho de un objeto que habitualmente se presenta en pares, carente de su pareja.
  4. 4
    Dicho de una planta, que ha crecido sin ser plantada.
  5. 5
    Dicho de un animal de una especie no doméstica, que por el contacto estrecho con humanos se comporta como una mascota.
  6. 6
    Dicho de una persona, de mala intención.
  7. 7
    Dicho de una persona, natural o residente en el campo.
  8. 8
    Natural del sur de México.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gguacho,guaccho,guachho,guacoh,guahco,gucaho,ugacho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for guacho

Misspelling Variants of "guacho"

gguacho7guaccho7guachho7guacoh6guahco6gucaho6ugacho6
Misspelling Variants of "guacho"

Frequency rank: #37,119 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guacho"?
"guacho" is spelled G-U-A-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgwat͡ʃo].
What does "guacho" mean?
As an adj, "guacho" means: Dicho de un animal, o más raramente de una persona, que ha perdido uno o ambos progenitores.
What words are commonly confused with "guacho"?
"guacho" is commonly confused with "guapo", "guardo", "Gacha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guacho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guacho" is [ˈgwat͡ʃo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guacho" come from?
"guacho" 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.