locha
[ˈlot͡ʃa]
The verdict
“locha” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Cobitidae) Pez del orden de los malacopterigios abdominales, de unos tres decímetros de longitud, cuerpo casi cilíndrico, aplastado lateralmente hacia la cola, de color negruzco, con listas amaril...
Corpus desk
Index ES-locha · locha · Spanish
locha · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | locha |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlot͡ʃa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “locha” en español
Rare enough to double-check
locha is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlot͡ʃa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Cobitidae) Pez del orden de los malacopterigios abdominales, de unos tres decímetros de longitud, cuerpo casi cilíndrico, aplastado lateralmente hacia la cola, de color negruzco, con listas amaril...".
No misspelling variants are generated for locha in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is locha, spelled L-O-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1(Cobitidae) Pez del orden de los malacopterigios abdominales, de unos tres decímetros de longitud, cuerpo casi cilíndrico, aplastado lateralmente hacia la cola, de color negruzco, con listas amarillentas, escamas pequeñas, piel viscosa, boca rodeada de diez barbillas, seis en el labio superior y cuatro en el inferior, labios salientes y aletas no pareadas. Se cría en los lagos y ríos de agua fría y su carne es muy fina.
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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.