chupacabra
\ʃu.pa.ka.bʁa\
The verdict
“chupacabra” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal hypothétique d’Amérique latine censé s’attaquer au petit bétail.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chupacabra · chupacabra · French
chupacabra · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | chupacabra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃu.pa.ka.bʁa\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chupacabra » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chupacabra is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃu.pa.ka.bʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Animal hypothétique d’Amérique latine censé s’attaquer au petit bétail.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chupacabra, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is chupacabra, spelled C-H-U-P-A-C-A-B-R-A.
Definition
- 1Animal hypothétique d’Amérique latine censé s’attaquer au petit bétail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chupacabra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le chupacabra fait partie de la culture populaire dans toute l’Amérique latine, notamment au Mexique et sur l’île de Porto Rico.
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.