pachucho
[paˈt͡ʃut͡ʃo]
The verdict
“pachucho” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de alimentos o plantas, en mal estado de conservación, en especial por haber madurado en exceso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pachucho · pachucho · Spanish
pachucho · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pachucho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paˈt͡ʃut͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pachucho” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pachucho is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [paˈt͡ʃut͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pachucho, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pachucho, spelled P-A-C-H-U-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de alimentos o plantas, en mal estado de conservación, en especial por haber madurado en exceso.
- 2Dicho de una persona, en mal estado de salud.
- 3Dicho de un ser vivo, de peso mayor al adecuado para su constitución.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pachucho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Algunas mujeres recogían frutas pachuchas de entre las vías.
Bueno, os he traído crestas de gallo, ya sé que no os gustan, pero no he encontrado otras flores. Tenían anémonas pero estaban pachuchas, cuando fui a coger un ramo se le cayeron todos los pétalos.
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.