morocho

/[moˈɾot͡ʃo]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,723

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

morocho is anSpanishadj. It means: Dicho de una persona, de cabello de color castaño oscuro o negro. Pronounced [moˈɾot͡ʃo]. Often confused with mocho and marcho.

Key facts for morocho
PropertyValue
Headwordmorocho
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[moˈɾot͡ʃo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,723
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for morocho is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moˈɾot͡ʃo]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,723 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for morocho, with forms such as "mmorocho", "moorcho", and "morcoho". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "mocho", "marcho", "morocha", 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 morocho, spelled M-O-R-O-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 una persona, de cabello de color castaño oscuro o negro.
  2. 2
    Dicho de una persona, de cutis oscuro.
  3. 3
    Dicho de una persona, concebida simultáneamente con otros hermanos y nacida en el mismo parto que estos.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmorocho,moorcho,morcoho,moroccho,morochho,morocoh,morohco,morrocho,mroocho,omrocho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for morocho

Misspelling Variants of "morocho"

mmorocho8moorcho7morcoho7moroccho8morochho8morocoh7morohco7morrocho8
Misspelling Variants of "morocho"

Frequency rank: #43,723 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "morocho"?
"morocho" is spelled M-O-R-O-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is [moˈɾot͡ʃo].
What does "morocho" mean?
As an adj, "morocho" means: Dicho de una persona, de cabello de color castaño oscuro o negro.
What words are commonly confused with "morocho"?
"morocho" is commonly confused with "mocho", "marcho", "morocha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "morocho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "morocho" is [moˈɾot͡ʃo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "morocho" come from?
"morocho" 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.