pacha

\pa.ʃa\

/\pa.ʃa\/ noun

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The verdict

“pacha” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,691. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,691
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gouverneur de province.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pacha · pacha · French

pacha · rank #16,691 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,691
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH ordure

Nearest frequency peer: ordure (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pacha »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pacha » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pacha vs Papa
40% similar
pacha vs pack
60% similar
pacha vs para
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pacha
PropertyValue
Headwordpacha
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʃa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,691
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pacha »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pachase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ordure » (#16,690), « paradigme » (#16,692), « opaque » (#16,689). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pacha » est au #16,691. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pacha (IPA \pa.ʃa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,691 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pacha, with forms such as "apcha", "pacah", and "paccha". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Papa", "pack", "para", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pacha, spelled P-A-C-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gouverneur de province.
  2. 2
    Titre d’honneur qui se donnait, dans l’empire ottoman, à des personnes considérables, même sans gouvernement.
  3. 3
    Commandant d’un navire.
  4. 4
    Éléphant de mer mâle adulte ^([1]).
  5. 5
    Personne qui a un train de vie fastueux, qui se fait servir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pacha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le pacha de Damas.
  2. [L’Égypte] est gouvernée par un pacha qui a cependant très-peu de pouvoir réel, mais qui semble principalement y être envoyé pour que les ordres du divan, des beys & des ogiacs militaires, soient exécutés par leurs propres officiers.

This word in other languages

pasha(English)pachá(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apcha
  • pacah
  • paccha
  • pachha
  • pahca
  • pcaha
  • ppacha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pacha - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apcha2pacah2paccha1pachha1pahca2pcaha2ppacha1
Edit distance from "pacha"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pacha"?
"pacha" is spelled P-A-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʃa\.
What does "pacha" mean?
As a noun, "pacha" means: Gouverneur de province.
What words are commonly confused with "pacha"?
"pacha" is commonly confused with "Papa", "pack", "para". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pacha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pacha" is \pa.ʃa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pacha" come from?
"pacha" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pacha", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parme#16,694Niort#16,686jupes#16,663jugez#16,662

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

opaque7 variantspauses7 variantsnettoie7 variantsJoyce7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list