cachasvsconchasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#48,864
“cachas” frequency rank
#17,919
“conchas” frequency rank
66783
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cachas conchas
Definition Forma del plural de cacha. Forma del plural de concha.

Where the eye mixes cachas and conchas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cachas runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against conchas's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
cachas
7 ch
conchas

Visual trap between cachas and conchas

A purely visual mix-up. cachas ([ˈkat͡ʃas]) and conchas ([ˈkõnʲt͡ʃas]) 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 66783, 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]. conchas is at rank #17,919, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkõnʲt͡ʃas].

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 66783, this pair ranks #38,905 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cachas vs conchas

Shared letters: achs. Private to "cachas": -. Private to "conchas": no.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cachas ← acchas · cacahs · cacchas · cachass · cachhas · cachsa · cahcas · ccachas
  • conchas ← cconchas · cnochas · cocnhas · concahs · concchas · conchass · conchhas · conchsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cachas" for "conchas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkat͡ʃas] versus [ˈkõnʲt͡ʃas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cachas" vs "conchas" - which ranks higher?
"conchas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,919 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.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cachas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conchas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,905 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cachas" and "conchas" 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 #38,905 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