cachovscatchTell them apart

Quick tell: cacho is a noun, catch is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cacho” is a noun and “catch” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,294
“cacho” frequency rank
#32,548
“catch” frequency rank
47842
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cacho catch
Definition Pedazo o porción de alguna cosa, en especial de límites más bien difusos o amorfa. Coger.

Where the eye mixes cacho and catch

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

5 ch
cacho
5 ch
catch

Look-alike desk: cacho vs catch

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cacho is [ˈkat͡ʃo] while catch is /kæt͡ʃ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cacho is recorded at frequency rank #15,294, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkat͡ʃo]. catch is at rank #32,548, tagged as averb, pronounced /kæt͡ʃ/.

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 47842, this pair ranks #117,806 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cacho vs catch

Shared letters: ach. Private to "cacho": o. Private to "catch": t.

"cacho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "catch" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cachoaccho · caccho · cachho · cacoh · cahco · ccacho · ccaho
  • catchactch · cacth · catcch · catchh · cathc · cattch · ccatch · ctach

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cacho" and "catch" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cacho" is a noun and "catch" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cacho" vs "catch" - which ranks higher?
"cacho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,294 in our Spanish list, against #32,548 for "catch". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cacho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "catch" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #117,806 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cacho" and "catch" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "catch vs catre". 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 #117,806 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