tepache

/[t̪eˈpat͡ʃe]/ noun

The verdict

“tepache” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
7
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Bebida fermentada tradicional con bajo contenido de alcohol. Se acostumbra (cada vez menos) en el centro y el sur de México. Es preparada con agua, cáscara de piña y piloncillo o azúcar, y se ferme...

Key facts for tepache
PropertyValue
Headwordtepache
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪eˈpat͡ʃe]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tepache” sits in Spanish frequency

tepache falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tepache is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪eˈpat͡ʃe]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bebida fermentada tradicional con bajo contenido de alcohol. Se acostumbra (cada vez menos) en el centro y el sur de México. Es preparada con agua, cáscara de piña y piloncillo o azúcar, y se ferme...".

No misspelling variants are generated for tepache in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tepache, spelled T-E-P-A-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bebida fermentada tradicional con bajo contenido de alcohol. Se acostumbra (cada vez menos) en el centro y el sur de México. Es preparada con agua, cáscara de piña y piloncillo o azúcar, y se fermenta en barrica de madera. Su sabor es agridulce con un toque de alcohol. Se le considera bebida refrescante y digestiva.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tepache"?
"tepache" is spelled T-E-P-A-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪eˈpat͡ʃe].
What does "tepache" mean?
As a noun, "tepache" means: Bebida fermentada tradicional con bajo contenido de alcohol. Se acostumbra (cada vez menos) en el centro y el sur de México. Es preparada con agua, cáscara de piña y piloncillo o azúcar, y se ferme...
How do you pronounce "tepache"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tepache" is [t̪eˈpat͡ʃe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tepache" come from?
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Using “tepache”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-P-A-C-H-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [t̪eˈpat͡ʃe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.