rancho

/[ˈrãnʲt͡ʃo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,057

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

rancho is aSpanishnoun. It means: Comida simple que se hace como plato único para un grupo grande de personas. Pronounced [ˈrãnʲt͡ʃo]. It ranks #7,057 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with rango and ronco.

Key facts for rancho
PropertyValue
Headwordrancho
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈrãnʲt͡ʃo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,057
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rancho is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrãnʲt͡ʃo]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,057 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for rancho, with forms such as "arncho", "racnho", and "ranccho". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "rango", "ronco", "rancio", 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 rancho, spelled R-A-N-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
    Comida simple que se hace como plato único para un grupo grande de personas.
  2. 2
    Provisión de comida que se embarca para la tripulación de un buque.
  3. 3
    Grupo de personas que toman el rancho₁ en común.
  4. 4
    Recinto o paraje rural usado como vivienda.
  5. 5
    En particular, casa o choza pobre en el campo.
  6. 6
    Espacio de una embarcación destinado a alojar la tripulación.
  7. 7
    Grupo de tripulantes que cumple servicio y toma el rancho₁ en un mismo turno.
  8. 8
    Establecimiento rural destinado a la cría de ganado o el cultivo.
  9. 9
    Casucha o vivienda improvisada, construida con materiales de mala calidad y de condiciones sanitarias precarias.
  10. 10
    Por extensión, vivienda mal construida o a medio construir.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arncho,racnho,ranccho,ranchho,rancoh,ranhco,ranncho,rnacho,rrancho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rancho

Misspelling Variants of "rancho"

arncho6racnho6ranccho7ranchho7rancoh6ranhco6ranncho7rnacho6
Misspelling Variants of "rancho"

Frequency rank: #7,057 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rancho"?
"rancho" is spelled R-A-N-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrãnʲt͡ʃo].
What does "rancho" mean?
As a noun, "rancho" means: Comida simple que se hace como plato único para un grupo grande de personas.
What words are commonly confused with "rancho"?
"rancho" is commonly confused with "rango", "ronco", "rancio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rancho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rancho" is [ˈrãnʲt͡ʃo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rancho" come from?
"rancho" 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.