lucha
[ˈlut͡ʃa]
The verdict
“lucha” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #710 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #710
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enfrentamiento entre dos o más personas.
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 | lucha |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlut͡ʃa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lucha” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for lucha is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlut͡ʃa]. Corpus data places it at rank #710 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 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 lucha, with forms such as "lcuha", "llucha", and "lucah". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Luna", "Lucy", "lupa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is lucha, spelled L-U-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1Enfrentamiento entre dos o más personas.
- 2Oposición presentada por partes que entran en conflicto y que tratan de imponer sus intereses.
- 3Esfuerzo constante realizado con el fin de resistir la acción de una fuerza contraria, sea esta física o psicológica.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lcuha,llucha,lucah,luccha,luchha,luhca,ulcha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lucha - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “lucha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-U-C-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlut͡ʃa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Luna” - see the side-by-side comparison. lucha vs Luna
- 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.