tlacuache
[t̪laˈkwat͡ʃe]
The verdict
“tlacuache” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #79,629 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #79,629
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre dado a diversas especies de marsupiales del orden Didelphimorphia, siendo la especie más común Didelphis marsupialis.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tlacuache |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪laˈkwat͡ʃe] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tlacuache” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tlacuache is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪laˈkwat͡ʃe]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,629 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre dado a diversas especies de marsupiales del orden Didelphimorphia, siendo la especie más común Didelphis marsupialis.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tlacuache in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tlacuache, spelled T-L-A-C-U-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Nombre dado a diversas especies de marsupiales del orden Didelphimorphia, siendo la especie más común Didelphis marsupialis.
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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.
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Using “tlacuache”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-L-A-C-U-A-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪laˈkwat͡ʃe] (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.