cucaracha

/kukaˈɾat͡ʃa/

//kukaˈɾat͡ʃa// noun

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The verdict

“cucaracha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,564 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,564
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - barata

Key facts for cucaracha
PropertyValue
Headwordcucaracha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kukaˈɾat͡ʃa/
Letters9
Frequency rank#97,564
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cucaracha” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cucaracha lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cucaracha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,564 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kukaˈɾat͡ʃa/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "barata".

cucaracha has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is cucaracha, spelled C-U-C-A-R-A-C-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    barata

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 "cucaracha"?
"cucaracha" is spelled C-U-C-A-R-A-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kukaˈɾat͡ʃa/.
What does "cucaracha" mean?
As a noun, "cucaracha" means: barata
How do you pronounce "cucaracha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cucaracha" is /kukaˈɾat͡ʃa/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cucaracha" come from?
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Using “cucaracha”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-U-C-A-R-A-C-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /kukaˈɾat͡ʃa/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list