chupacabras
[t͡ʃupaˈkaβ̞ɾas]
The verdict
“chupacabras” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,219 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,219
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Críptido contemporáneo, que se describe como un ser que atacaría a animales de diferentes especies en zonas ganaderas o rurales. El mito tuvo origen en la isla de Puerto Rico. Se cuenta que existe ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chupacabras |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃupaˈkaβ̞ɾas] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chupacabras” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chupacabras is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,219 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃupaˈkaβ̞ɾas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Críptido contemporáneo, que se describe como un ser que atacaría a animales de diferentes especies en zonas ganaderas o rurales. El mito tuvo origen en la isla de Puerto Rico. Se cuenta que existe ...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chupacabras, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is chupacabras, spelled C-H-U-P-A-C-A-B-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1Críptido contemporáneo, que se describe como un ser que atacaría a animales de diferentes especies en zonas ganaderas o rurales. El mito tuvo origen en la isla de Puerto Rico. Se cuenta que existe en América Central y América del Sur, en países como México, Perú, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panamá, Chile, Venezuela, etc; y en algunas zonas del sur de Estados Unidos.
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); 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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Using “chupacabras”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-U-P-A-C-A-B-R-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡ʃupaˈkaβ̞ɾas] (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.