rachas

/[ˈrat͡ʃas]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,741

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

rachas is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de rachar. Pronounced [ˈrat͡ʃas]. Often confused with ramas and Rocas.

Key facts for rachas
PropertyValue
Headwordrachas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈrat͡ʃas]
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,741
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rachas is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrat͡ʃas]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,741 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de rachar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for rachas, with forms such as "archas", "racahs", and "racchas". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "ramas", "Rocas", "raras", 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 rachas, spelled R-A-C-H-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de rachar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: archas,racahs,racchas,rachass,rachhas,rachsa,rahcas,rcahas,rrachas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rachas

Misspelling Variants of "rachas"

archas6racahs6racchas7rachass7rachhas7rachsa6rahcas6rcahas6
Misspelling Variants of "rachas"

Frequency rank: #34,741 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rachas"?
"rachas" is spelled R-A-C-H-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrat͡ʃas].
What does "rachas" mean?
As a verb, "rachas" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de rachar.
What words are commonly confused with "rachas"?
"rachas" is commonly confused with "ramas", "Rocas", "raras". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rachas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rachas" is [ˈrat͡ʃas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rachas" come from?
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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.