carancho
[kaˈɾãnʲt͡ʃo]
The verdict
“carancho” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #96,086 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #96,086
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Caracara plancus) Ave que pertenece al orden de las rapaces diurnas, de color pardo y alas mezcladas de blanco. Es muy voraz y dañino, especialmente en los corderos pequeños a quienes saca los ojos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carancho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈɾãnʲt͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carancho” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for carancho is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈɾãnʲt͡ʃo]. Corpus data places it at rank #96,086 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Caracara plancus) Ave que pertenece al orden de las rapaces diurnas, de color pardo y alas mezcladas de blanco. Es muy voraz y dañino, especialmente en los corderos pequeños a quienes saca los ojos.".
Zero misspellings are on record for carancho in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is carancho, spelled C-A-R-A-N-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1(Caracara plancus) Ave que pertenece al orden de las rapaces diurnas, de color pardo y alas mezcladas de blanco. Es muy voraz y dañino, especialmente en los corderos pequeños a quienes saca los ojos.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “carancho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-R-A-N-C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaˈɾãnʲt͡ʃo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.