populacho

[popuˈlat͡ʃo]

/[popuˈlat͡ʃo]/ noun

The verdict

“populacho” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,776 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,776
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parte inferior de la plebe; conjunto de personas del nivel social y cultural más bajo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-populacho · populacho · Spanish

populacho · rank #53,776 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,776
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH poleas

Nearest frequency peer: poleas (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “populacho”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “populacho” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for populacho
PropertyValue
Headwordpopulacho
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[popuˈlat͡ʃo]
Letters9
Frequency rank#53,776
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “populacho” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.populachocae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “poleas” (#53,775), “portación” (#53,777), “plot” (#53,774). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “populacho” va en #53,776. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

populacho is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,776 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [popuˈlat͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parte inferior de la plebe; conjunto de personas del nivel social y cultural más bajo.".

populacho has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. The correct Spanish form is populacho, spelled P-O-P-U-L-A-C-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parte inferior de la plebe; conjunto de personas del nivel social y cultural más bajo.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "populacho"?
"populacho" is spelled P-O-P-U-L-A-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is [popuˈlat͡ʃo].
What does "populacho" mean?
As a noun, "populacho" means: Parte inferior de la plebe; conjunto de personas del nivel social y cultural más bajo.
How do you pronounce "populacho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "populacho" is [popuˈlat͡ʃo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "populacho" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "populacho", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list