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“cachas” and “canchas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,864
“cachas” frequency rank
#15,030
“canchas” frequency rank
63894
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cachas canchas
Definition Forma del plural de cacha. Forma del plural de cancha.

Where the eye mixes cachas and canchas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cachas runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against canchas's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
cachas
7 ch
canchas

Look-alike desk: cachas vs canchas

A purely visual mix-up. cachas ([ˈkat͡ʃas]) and canchas ([ˈkãnʲt͡ʃas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cachas is recorded at frequency rank #48,864, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkat͡ʃas]. canchas is at rank #15,030, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkãnʲt͡ʃas].

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 63894, this pair ranks #47,244 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cachas vs canchas

Shared letters: achs. Private to "cachas": -. Private to "canchas": n.

"cachas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "canchas" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cachas ← acchas · cacahs · cacchas · cachass · cachhas · cachsa · cahcas · ccachas
  • canchas ← acnchas · cacnhas · cancahs · cancchas · canchass · canchhas · canchsa · canhcas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cachas" and "canchas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkat͡ʃas] versus [ˈkãnʲt͡ʃas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cachas" vs "canchas" - which ranks higher?
"canchas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,030 in our Spanish list, against #48,864 for "cachas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cachas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "canchas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,244 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cachas" and "canchas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cachas vs chacras". 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 #47,244 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