lancha

/[ˈlãnʲt͡ʃa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,744

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

lancha is aSpanishnoun. It means: Embarcación de pequeñas dimensiones, con motor y sin cubierta, que se usa en zonas costeras, lagos y ríos. Pronounced [ˈlãnʲt͡ʃa]. Often confused with lucha and lanza.

Key facts for lancha
PropertyValue
Headwordlancha
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlãnʲt͡ʃa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,744
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for lancha is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlãnʲt͡ʃa]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,744 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for lancha, with forms such as "alncha", "lacnha", and "lancah". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "lucha", "lanza", "landa", 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 lancha, spelled L-A-N-C-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Embarcación de pequeñas dimensiones, con motor y sin cubierta, que se usa en zonas costeras, lagos y ríos.
  2. 2
    Embarcación menor sin cubierta, con remos o motor, que se lleva a bordo de los buques para labores auxiliares.
  3. 3
    Embarcación a vela y remos o motor, que llevan a bordo los buques y que se usa para transporte de carga y pasajeros, u otras labores de fuerza.
  4. 4
    Pequeño bote a remos.
  5. 5
    Baile tradicional de Coquimbo, en el Norte Chico de Chile, que se baila con un pañuelo en la mano y en parejas. Es similar a otro baile llamado "la danza", aunque más rápida.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alncha,lacnha,lancah,lanccha,lanchha,lanhca,lanncha,llancha,lnacha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lancha

Misspelling Variants of "lancha"

alncha6lacnha6lancah6lanccha7lanchha7lanhca6lanncha7llancha7
Misspelling Variants of "lancha"

Frequency rank: #17,744 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lancha"?
"lancha" is spelled L-A-N-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlãnʲt͡ʃa].
What does "lancha" mean?
As a noun, "lancha" means: Embarcación de pequeñas dimensiones, con motor y sin cubierta, que se usa en zonas costeras, lagos y ríos.
What words are commonly confused with "lancha"?
"lancha" is commonly confused with "lucha", "lanza", "landa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lancha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lancha" is [ˈlãnʲt͡ʃa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lancha" come from?
"lancha" 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.