cachaça

/kɐ.ˈʃa.sɐ/

//kɐ.ˈʃa.sɐ// noun

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The verdict

“cachaça” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,007. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,007
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bebida alcoólica feita da destilação do caldo de cana-de-açúcar fermentado

Corpus desk

Index PT-cachaca · cachaça · Portuguese

cachaça · rank #12,007 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,007
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH belga

Nearest frequency peer: belga (-3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “cachaça”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “cachaça” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

cachaça vs casaca
57% similar
cachaça vs caraca
57% similar

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

Key facts for cachaça
PropertyValue
Headwordcachaça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.ˈʃa.sɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,007
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cachaça”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).cachaçacai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “belga” (#12,004), “chore” (#12,012), “anistia” (#11,994). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cachaça” fica em #12,007. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cachaça (IPA /kɐ.ˈʃa.sɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,007 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "bebida alcoólica feita da destilação do caldo de cana-de-açúcar fermentado".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cachaça, with forms such as "acchaça", "cacahça", and "cacchaça". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "casaca", "caraca", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is cachaça, spelled C-A-C-H-A-Ç-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    bebida alcoólica feita da destilação do caldo de cana-de-açúcar fermentado

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acchaça
  • cacahça
  • cacchaça
  • cachaaç
  • cachhaça
  • cachçaa
  • cahcaça
  • ccachaça
  • ccahaça

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cachaça - 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.

acchaça2cacahça2cacchaça1cachaaç2cachhaça1cachçaa2cahcaça2ccachaça1
Edit distance from "cachaça"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cachaça"?
"cachaça" is spelled C-A-C-H-A-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.ˈʃa.sɐ/.
What does "cachaça" mean?
As a noun, "cachaça" means: bebida alcoólica feita da destilação do caldo de cana-de-açúcar fermentado
What words are commonly confused with "cachaça"?
"cachaça" is commonly confused with "casaca", "caraca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cachaça"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cachaça" is /kɐ.ˈʃa.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cachaça" come from?
"cachaça" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

anistia#11,994cunhada#12,030empatia#12,050Senegal#11,964

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

always9 variantsdobrar9 variantsgestor9 variantsgolden9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list