ackee
/ˈækiː/
"ackee" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ackee” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ackee · ackee · English
ackee · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | ackee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈækiː/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ackee” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ackee is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈækiː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ackee in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Akan akye. The correct English form is ackee, spelled A-C-K-E-E.
Definition
- 1A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan.
- 2The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ackee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The beautiful Akee (Blighia sapida), originally brought from the West Coast of Africa by slave ships, is now a common tree in the West Indies, and I noticed several fine specimens in Belize.
Delano and I are sprawled out under the ackee tree watching the black ants march from one rotten ackee pod to the next.
Etymology
From Akan akye.
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.