paca
/ˈpækə/
"paca" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paca” is uncommon English (frequency #81,671 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,671
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and row...
Corpus desk
Index EN-paca · paca · English
paca · rank #81,671 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,671
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH oxtail
Nearest frequency peer: oxtail (-2 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 “paca”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- oviduct
oviduct
18,336 corpus weight
- oxtail
oxtail
18,332 corpus weight
- paca
paca
18,330 corpus weight
- padlocked
padlocked
18,328 corpus weight
- Paiute
Paiute
18,326 corpus weight
- palanquin
palanquin
18,324 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “paca” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paca |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpækə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “paca” in English
Rare enough to double-check
paca is uncommon English at frequency #81,671 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpækə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and row...".
paca doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Via Spanish paca and Portuguese paca, from Paraguayan Guarani paka. The correct English form is paca, spelled P-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.
Etymology
Via Spanish paca and Portuguese paca, from Paraguayan Guarani paka.
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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