chupacabra
/ˌt͡ʃʰupəˈkʰabɹə/
"chupacabra" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chupacabra” is uncommon English (frequency #74,832 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,832
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of chupacabras.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chupacabra · chupacabra · English
chupacabra · rank #74,832 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,832
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Chorlton
Nearest frequency peer: Chorlton (-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 “chupacabra”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- chimeric
chimeric
25,172 corpus weight
- chiselled
chiselled
25,171 corpus weight
- Chorlton
Chorlton
25,170 corpus weight
- chupacabra
chupacabra
25,169 corpus weight
- ciliary
ciliary
25,168 corpus weight
- cinematogra…
cinematographic
25,167 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chupacabra” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chupacabra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌt͡ʃʰupəˈkʰabɹə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chupacabra” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chupacabra is uncommon English at frequency #74,832 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌt͡ʃʰupəˈkʰabɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of chupacabras.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chupacabra in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant spelling of chupacabras used in English cryptozoological publications by misanalysis of the Spanish chupacabras as a plural. The correct English form is chupacabra, spelled C-H-U-P-A-C-A-B-R-A.
Definition
- 1Synonym of chupacabras.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chupacabra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:chupacabra.
Etymology
Variant spelling of chupacabras used in English cryptozoological publications by misanalysis of the Spanish chupacabras as a plural.
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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