caracara
/ˈkæ.ɹəˌkɑ.ɹə/noun
caracara is spelled C-A-R-A-C-A-R-A: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, caracara means “Any of several South American and Central American birds of prey in the subfamily Caracarinae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of caracara is caracaras.
How many letters and syllables are in caracara?
| Letters | 8: C-A-R-A-C-A-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is caracara?
Caracara appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce caracara?
- /ˈkæ.ɹəˌkɑ.ɹə/
Caracara has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-caracara.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of caracara
- caracaras plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does caracara mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several South American and Central American birds of prey in the subfamily Caracarinae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Caracara in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bird of prey:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does caracara come from?
From Spanish caracara or Portuguese carcará, from Tupian, probably imitative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).