caracal
/ˈkæ.ɹəˌkæl/
"caracal" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“caracal” is uncommon English (frequency #95,795 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,795
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-caracal · caracal · English
caracal · rank #95,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,795
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH carcinoid
Nearest frequency peer: carcinoid (+1 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 “caracal”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Camra
Camra
4,210 corpus weight
- caracal
caracal
4,206 corpus weight
- carcinoid
carcinoid
4,205 corpus weight
- carinae
carinae
4,204 corpus weight
- Carinthia
Carinthia
4,203 corpus weight
- carload
carload
4,202 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “caracal” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caracal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkæ.ɹəˌkæl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “caracal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
caracal is uncommon English at frequency #95,795 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkæ.ɹəˌkæl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for caracal in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French caracal, from Ottoman Turkish قره قولاق (kara kulak, literally “black ear”), a calque of Classical Persian سیاهگوش (siyāh-gōš). Compare modern Turkish karakulak. The correct English form is caracal, spelled C-A-R-A-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.
Etymology
From French caracal, from Ottoman Turkish قره قولاق (kara kulak, literally “black ear”), a calque of Classical Persian سیاهگوش (siyāh-gōš). Compare modern Turkish karakulak.
Synonyms
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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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