carancho
[kaˈɾãnʲt͡ʃo]
The verdict
“carancho” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,086 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,086
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index ES-carancho · carancho · Spanish
carancho · rank #96,086 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,086
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH caprina
Nearest frequency peer: caprina (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “carancho”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- capitalizado
capitalizado
3,917 corpus weight
- caprina
caprina
3,916 corpus weight
- carancho
carancho
3,915 corpus weight
- carpincho
carpincho
3,914 corpus weight
- carretear
carretear
3,913 corpus weight
- carterista
carterista
3,912 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “carancho” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “carancho” en español
Rare enough to double-check
carancho is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,086 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈɾãnʲt͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how carancho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mas allá se ve al carancho Que jamás pieza desdeña.
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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