chotacabras
[t͡ʃot̪aˈkaβ̞ɾas]
The verdict
“chotacabras” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Caprimulginae, Eurostopodinae) Ave nocturna de mediano tamaño con las alas largas y puntiagudas, patas cortas y pico muy corto aunque muy amplio, que anida en el suelo. Su suave plumaje está color...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chotacabras |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃot̪aˈkaβ̞ɾas] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chotacabras” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chotacabras is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡ʃot̪aˈkaβ̞ɾas]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Caprimulginae, Eurostopodinae) Ave nocturna de mediano tamaño con las alas largas y puntiagudas, patas cortas y pico muy corto aunque muy amplio, que anida en el suelo. Su suave plumaje está color...".
chotacabras doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is chotacabras, spelled C-H-O-T-A-C-A-B-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1(Caprimulginae, Eurostopodinae) Ave nocturna de mediano tamaño con las alas largas y puntiagudas, patas cortas y pico muy corto aunque muy amplio, que anida en el suelo. Su suave plumaje está coloreado para camuflarse entre la hojarasca del suelo.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “chotacabras”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-O-T-A-C-A-B-R-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡ʃot̪aˈkaβ̞ɾas] (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.