ouch
/ˈaʊt͡ʃ/
The verdict
“ouch” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,108 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,108
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ay, expresión de dolor.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ouch · ouch · Spanish
ouch · rank #51,108 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,108
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH operatoria
Nearest frequency peer: operatoria (-2 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “ouch”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- odyssey
odyssey
48,898 corpus weight
- okupas
okupas
48,897 corpus weight
- operatoria
operatoria
48,895 corpus weight
- ouch
ouch
48,893 corpus weight
- oxidada
oxidada
48,891 corpus weight
- pagador
pagador
48,889 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ouch” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ouch |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈaʊt͡ʃ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,108 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ouch” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ouch is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,108 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /ˈaʊt͡ʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ay, expresión de dolor.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ouch in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is ouch, spelled O-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Ay, expresión de dolor.
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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