Chiricahua
"chiricahua" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Chiricahua” is uncommon English (frequency #96,859 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,859
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of a particular Native American tribe.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chiricahua · Chiricahua · English
Chiricahua · rank #96,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,859
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Chitral
Nearest frequency peer: Chitral (+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 “Chiricahua”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- chela
chela
3,147 corpus weight
- cheyney
cheyney
3,146 corpus weight
- Chiricahua
Chiricahua
3,142 corpus weight
- Chitral
Chitral
3,141 corpus weight
- clavier
clavier
3,137 corpus weight
- claymation
claymation
3,136 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Chiricahua” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chiricahua |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Chiricahua” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Chiricahua is uncommon English at frequency #96,859 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of a particular Native American tribe.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Chiricahua, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Via Spanish Chiricahua, most likely from Opata chiguicagui (“mountain of the wild turkey”). The correct English form is Chiricahua, spelled C-H-I-R-I-C-A-H-U-A.
Definition
- 1A member of a particular Native American tribe.
Etymology
Via Spanish Chiricahua, most likely from Opata chiguicagui (“mountain of the wild turkey”).
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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