chupacabras
[t͡ʃupaˈkaβ̞ɾas]
The verdict
“chupacabras” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,219 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,219
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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 ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-chupacabras · chupacabras · Spanish
chupacabras · rank #69,219 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,219
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chipriota
Nearest frequency peer: chipriota (-2 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 “chupacabras”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chabolas
chabolas
30,789 corpus weight
- chancletas
chancletas
30,787 corpus weight
- chipriota
chipriota
30,784 corpus weight
- chupacabras
chupacabras
30,782 corpus weight
- clavija
clavija
30,779 corpus weight
- clouds
clouds
30,778 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chupacabras” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “chupacabras” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chupacabras is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,219 among 8,288 “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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).