carraca
[kaˈraka]
The verdict
“carraca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,773 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,773
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Antiguo navío de transporte de hasta dos mil toneladas, de la era de descubrimientos, inventado por los italianos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-carraca · carraca · Spanish
carraca · rank #81,773 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,773
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH Caris
Nearest frequency peer: Caris (-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 “carraca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- carcelarias
carcelarias
18,231 corpus weight
- career
career
18,230 corpus weight
- Caris
Caris
18,229 corpus weight
- carraca
carraca
18,228 corpus weight
- carísima
carísima
18,227 corpus weight
- Castillejos
Castillejos
18,225 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “carraca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carraca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈraka] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “carraca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
carraca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,773 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈraka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
carraca has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is carraca, spelled C-A-R-R-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1Antiguo navío de transporte de hasta dos mil toneladas, de la era de descubrimientos, inventado por los italianos.
- 2Barco grande y viejo o tardo en navegar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how carraca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El capitán Prat sabía de carracas y de galeones
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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