Cimarron
"cimarron" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cimarron” is uncommon English (frequency #71,401 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,401
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Maroon (an African who escaped slavery in the Americas, or a descendant thereof), especially a member of the Cimarron people of Panama.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cimarron · Cimarron · English
Cimarron · rank #71,401 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,401
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH Chuy
Nearest frequency peer: Chuy (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Cimarron”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Chippenham
Chippenham
28,603 corpus weight
- chitin
chitin
28,602 corpus weight
- Chuy
Chuy
28,601 corpus weight
- Cimarron
Cimarron
28,600 corpus weight
- Cipriani
Cipriani
28,599 corpus weight
- cisgender
cisgender
28,598 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Cimarron” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cimarron |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,401 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cimarron” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cimarron is uncommon English at frequency #71,401 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Maroon (an African who escaped slavery in the Americas, or a descendant thereof), especially a member of the Cimarron people of Panama.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Cimarron, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish cimarrón (“feral; maroon”). The correct English form is Cimarron, spelled C-I-M-A-R-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1A Maroon (an African who escaped slavery in the Americas, or a descendant thereof), especially a member of the Cimarron people of Panama.
Etymology
From Spanish cimarrón (“feral; maroon”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.