Curaçao
/ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/
"curacao" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Curaçao” is uncommon English (frequency #78,501 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,501
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An island and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea off the west coast of Venezuela.
Corpus desk
Index EN-curacao · Curaçao · English
Curaçao · rank #78,501 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,501
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH culottes
Nearest frequency peer: culottes (-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 “Curaçao”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- crestfallen
crestfallen
21,504 corpus weight
- culottes
culottes
21,501 corpus weight
- Curaçao
Curaçao
21,500 corpus weight
- curtly
curtly
21,499 corpus weight
- cyc
cyc
21,498 corpus weight
- cyclocross
cyclocross
21,497 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Curaçao” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Curaçao |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Curaçao” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Curaçao is uncommon English at frequency #78,501 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An island and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea off the west coast of Venezuela.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Curaçao, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, probably a transcription of a Caquetío (Arawakan) endonym. The correct English form is Curaçao, spelled C-U-R-A-Ç-A-O.
Definition
- 1An island and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea off the west coast of Venezuela.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, probably a transcription of a Caquetío (Arawakan) endonym.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).