pucho

/[ˈput͡ʃo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,808

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pucho is aSpanishnoun. It means: Colilla de un cigarrillo. Pronounced [ˈput͡ʃo]. Often confused with pudo and puso.

Key facts for pucho
PropertyValue
Headwordpucho
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈput͡ʃo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#37,808
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pucho is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈput͡ʃo]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,808 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for pucho, with forms such as "pcuho", "ppucho", and "puccho". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pudo", "puso", "puro", 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 pucho, spelled P-U-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
    Colilla de un cigarrillo.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, el cigarrillo mismo.
  3. 3
    Cigarrillo de marihuana.
  4. 4
    Pequeña cantidad restante de alguna cosa.
  5. 5
    Porción que cabe entre las dos manos juntas.
  6. 6
    Cantidad relativamente pequeña y no especificada de algo.
  7. 7
    Pisco (licor) que se obtiene en la última tanda de la primera destilación.
  8. 8
    Último hijo, de sexo masculino o femenino, nacido bastantes años más tarde que el anterior.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pcuho,ppucho,puccho,puchho,pucoh,puhco,upcho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pucho

Misspelling Variants of "pucho"

pcuho5ppucho6puccho6puchho6pucoh5puhco5upcho5
Misspelling Variants of "pucho"

Frequency rank: #37,808 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pucho"?
"pucho" is spelled P-U-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈput͡ʃo].
What does "pucho" mean?
As a noun, "pucho" means: Colilla de un cigarrillo.
What words are commonly confused with "pucho"?
"pucho" is commonly confused with "pudo", "puso", "puro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pucho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pucho" is [ˈput͡ʃo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pucho" come from?
"pucho" 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.