chotacabras
[t͡ʃot̪aˈkaβ̞ɾas]
The verdict
“chotacabras” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
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Index ES-chotacabras · chotacabras · Spanish
chotacabras · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chotacabras |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃot̪aˈkaβ̞ɾas] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chotacabras” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chotacabras is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃot̪aˈkaβ̞ɾas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(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.
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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.