parche
[ˈpaɾt͡ʃe]
The verdict
“parche” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,195. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,195
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pedazo de material flexible y ligero, como el papel, el cuero o algún plástico, que se usa para tapar agujeros, unir desgarros de un material o reforzarlo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-parche · parche · Spanish
parche · rank #14,195 · 9 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,195
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pactos
Nearest frequency peer: pactos (-1 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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “parche”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Osvaldo
Osvaldo
85,809 corpus weight
- otorgada
otorgada
85,808 corpus weight
- pactos
pactos
85,807 corpus weight
- parche
parche
85,806 corpus weight
- pasaportes
pasaportes
85,804 corpus weight
- paseos
paseos
85,803 corpus weight
What this shows “parche” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | parche |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaɾt͡ʃe] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “parche”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around parche (IPA [ˈpaɾt͡ʃe]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,195 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for parche, with forms such as "aprche", "pacrhe", and "parcche". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "pare", "parte", "patch", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is parche, spelled P-A-R-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Pedazo de material flexible y ligero, como el papel, el cuero o algún plástico, que se usa para tapar agujeros, unir desgarros de un material o reforzarlo.
- 2Tela adhesiva con un medicamento para aplicar sobre la piel.
- 3Retoque mal hecho a una pintura, que la afea en lugar de mejorarla como era la intención.
- 4Cualquier arreglo mal hecho, pegado o sobrepuesto que afea una obra.
- 5Cada una de las dos pieles del tambor ubicadas en extremos opuestos, y sobre una de las cuales se golpea para hacerlo sonar.
- 6Instrumento de percusión con dos parches que se golpea con las manos o un pequeño bastón.
- 7Solución transitoria, que no puede perdurar en el tiempo.
- 8Software destinado a corregir una vulnerabilidad de un programa o de un sistema operativo.
- 9Trozo aislado o separado de algo mayor.
- 10Grupo de amigos al cual se es muy afecto.
- 11Grupo de muchachos unidos por el consumo de drogas, que usan armas blancas para cometer atracos o participar en riñas callejeras.
- 12Programa, plan, actividad que hace uno con sus amigos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un parche de nicotina.
El modelo de “disponibilidad” en el Parque Nacional Los Nevados nos presenta un panorama de parches de bosques pequeños alrededor de un área de páramo muy grande.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprche
- pacrhe
- parcche
- parceh
- parchhe
- parhce
- parrche
- pparche
- prache
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parche - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).