Quetzalcoatl
/ˌkɛt.səl.kəʊˈæt.əl/
"quetzalcoatl" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Quetzalcoatl” is uncommon English (frequency #82,699 among 2,880 “Q” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,699
- frequency rank, English
- 2,880
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The Aztec name for the Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerica, one of the main gods of many Mexican and northern Central American civilizations.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Quetzalcoatl |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɛt.səl.kəʊˈæt.əl/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #82,699 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Quetzalcoatl” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Quetzalcoatl is uncommon English at frequency #82,699 among 2,880 “Q” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌkɛt.səl.kəʊˈæt.əl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The Aztec name for the Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerica, one of the main gods of many Mexican and northern Central American civilizations.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Quetzalcoatl in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Quetzalcōātl (literally “quetzal-feather snake”). The correct English form is Quetzalcoatl, spelled Q-U-E-T-Z-A-L-C-O-A-T-L.
Definition
- 1The Aztec name for the Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerica, one of the main gods of many Mexican and northern Central American civilizations.
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Quetzalcōātl (literally “quetzal-feather snake”).
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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Using “Quetzalcoatl”
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- The one correct English spelling is Q-U-E-T-Z-A-L-C-O-A-T-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.