AchavsagachaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Acha is a name, agacha is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Acha” is a name and “agacha” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,615
“Acha” frequency rank
#46,307
“agacha” frequency rank
86922
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Acha agacha
Definition Apellido. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de agachar o de agacharse.

Where the eye mixes Acha and agacha

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Acha
6 ch
agacha

Why the eye confuses Acha with agacha

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Acha is [ˈat͡ʃa] while agacha is [aˈɣ̞at͡ʃa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Acha” sits inside “agacha”, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86922, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Acha is recorded at frequency rank #40,615, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈat͡ʃa]. agacha is at rank #46,307, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈɣ̞at͡ʃa].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 86922, this pair ranks #4,909 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Acha vs agacha

Shared letters: ach. Private to "Acha": -. Private to "agacha": g.

"Acha" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "agacha" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Achaacah · accha · achha · ahca · caha
  • agachaaagcha · agacah · agaccha · agachha · agahca · agcaha · aggacha · gaacha

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Acha" and "agacha" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Acha" is a name and "agacha" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "Acha" or "agacha" show up more?
"Acha" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,615 in our Spanish list, against #46,307 for "agacha". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Acha" and "agacha" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Acha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agacha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,909 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Acha" and "agacha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acacia vs agacha". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #4,909 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list