annatto
/əˈnɑːtoʊ/
"annatto" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“annatto” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
Corpus desk
Index EN-annatto · annatto · English
annatto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | annatto |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈnɑːtoʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “annatto” in English
Rare enough to double-check
annatto is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈnɑːtoʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
annatto doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a Cariban language. The correct English form is annatto, spelled A-N-N-A-T-T-O.
Definition
- 1A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
- 2The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking, containing bixin.
- 3A fugitive orange-red dye obtained from this seed and fruit pulp through maceration and fermentation, used as textile dye and skin dye, containing bixin.
Etymology
From a Cariban language.
Synonyms
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.