cacique
/kəˈsiːk/
"cacique" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cacique” is uncommon English (frequency #95,789 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,789
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cacique · cacique · English
cacique · rank #95,789 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,789
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Camra
Nearest frequency peer: Camra (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “cacique”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Busse
Busse
4,218 corpus weight
- butty
butty
4,216 corpus weight
- cacique
cacique
4,212 corpus weight
- Camra
Camra
4,210 corpus weight
- caracal
caracal
4,206 corpus weight
- carcinoid
carcinoid
4,205 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cacique” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cacique |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈsiːk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cacique” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cacique is uncommon English at frequency #95,789 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kəˈsiːk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cacique in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish cacique, from Taíno *kasike or Lokono kassequa, cazaqah (“chieftain; power”). The correct English form is cacique, spelled C-A-C-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
- 2A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines.
- 3Any of a number of tropical birds from Central America and South America in the genera Cacicus, Cassiculus, and Amblycercus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cacique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mexico has loved a strong leader since before Moctezuma. Indigenous tribes were ruled by caciques, or chieftans^([sic]), and in some rural communities caciques are still unchallenged.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cacique, from Taíno *kasike or Lokono kassequa, cazaqah (“chieftain; power”).
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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