carpincho
[kaɾˈpĩnʲt͡ʃo]
The verdict
“carpincho” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,087 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,087
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Mamífero roedor, que habita a la orilla de los ríos y lagunas del centro-este de América del Sur, alimentándose con frutas, semillas, hojas y raíces de las plantas. Alca...
Corpus desk
Index ES-carpincho · carpincho · Spanish
carpincho · rank #96,087 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,087
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH carancho
Nearest frequency peer: carancho (-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 “carpincho”
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 “carpincho” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carpincho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaɾˈpĩnʲt͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “carpincho” en español
Rare enough to double-check
carpincho is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,087 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaɾˈpĩnʲt͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Mamífero roedor, que habita a la orilla de los ríos y lagunas del centro-este de América del Sur, alimentándose con frutas, semillas, hojas y raíces de las plantas. Alca...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carpincho, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is carpincho, spelled C-A-R-P-I-N-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1(Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Mamífero roedor, que habita a la orilla de los ríos y lagunas del centro-este de América del Sur, alimentándose con frutas, semillas, hojas y raíces de las plantas. Alcanza un metro de largo y un centenar de kilogramos de peso, siendo el mayor de los roedores existentes. Tiene un pelaje uniforme, de color pardo obscuro, sin cola.
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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