guacho
[ˈgwat͡ʃo]
The verdict
“guacho” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #37,119 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #37,119
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de un animal, o más raramente de una persona, que ha perdido uno o ambos progenitores.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guacho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈgwat͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #37,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guacho” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for guacho is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, 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 generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for guacho, with forms such as "gguacho", "guaccho", and "guachho". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is guacho, spelled G-U-A-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de un animal, o más raramente de una persona, que ha perdido uno o ambos progenitores.
- 2Por extensión, dicho de una persona, nacido fuera del matrimonio.
- 3Dicho de un objeto que habitualmente se presenta en pares, carente de su pareja.
- 4Dicho de una planta, que ha crecido sin ser plantada.
- 5Dicho de un animal de una especie no doméstica, que por el contacto estrecho con humanos se comporta como una mascota.
- 6Dicho de una persona, de mala intención.
- 7Dicho de una persona, natural o residente en el campo.
- 8Natural del sur de México.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gguacho,guaccho,guachho,guacoh,guahco,gucaho,ugacho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of guacho - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “guacho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-U-A-C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈgwat͡ʃo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “guapo” - see the side-by-side comparison. guacho vs guapo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.