carpincho
[kaɾˈpĩnʲt͡ʃo]
The verdict
“carpincho” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,087 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,087
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “carpincho” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
carpincho is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,087 among 77,812 “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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-R-P-I-N-C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaɾˈpĩnʲt͡ʃo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.