chinquapin
/ˈt͡ʃɪnkəpɪn/noun
chinquapin is spelled C-H-I-N-Q-U-A-P-I-N: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chinquapin means “Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chinquapin is chinquapins.
How many letters and syllables are in chinquapin?
| Letters | 10: C-H-I-N-Q-U-A-P-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is chinquapin?
Chinquapin appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th 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 chinquapin?
- /ˈt͡ʃɪnkəpɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-chinquapin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chinquapin
- chinquapins plural
- chinkapin
- chincapin
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chinquapin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila)
- 2
Ozark chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis)
- 3
Chinese chinkapin (Castanea henryi)
- 4
Any in the genus Castanopsis of trees.
- 5
Any in the genus Chrysolepis of trees and shrubs.
- 6
Quercus muehlenbergii, a tree whose leaves resemble those of chestnut-genus chinquapins.
- 7
A water chinquapin, an aquatic plant of species Nelumbo lutea, American lotus.
- 8
A redear sunfish, a freshwater fish of the southeastern US (Lepomis microlophus).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chinquapin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense shrub in the genus Castanopsis:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Scheinkastanie |
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 chinquapin come from?
Like its cognate / alternative form chinkapin, chinquapin is an alteration of chechinquamin / chincomen (the form found in early records), from an Algonquian language (sometimes said specifically to be from Powhatan). The final element is *mini (“berry, fruit”). Hewitt suggested that the first element was a word meaning "large, great" cognate to xinkw- (“big, large, great”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).