avocado
/ævəˈkɑːdəʊ/
"avocado" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“avocado” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #15,958 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,958
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avocado |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ævəˈkɑːdəʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avocado” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for avocado is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ævəˈkɑːdəʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,958 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for avocado, with forms such as "aovcado", "avcoado", and "avoacdo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin American Spanish avocado, from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”). Doublet of abacate. Compare aguacatillo, avocadillo. The first mention can be found in the 1696 catalogue of Jamaican plants. The correct English form is avocado, spelled A-V-O-C-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
- 2The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
- 3A dark chartreuse color, like the color of the skin of an avocado.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin American Spanish avocado, from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”). Doublet of abacate. Compare aguacatillo, avocadillo. The first mention can be found in the 1696 catalogue of Jamaican plants.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aovcado,avcoado,avoacdo,avocaddo,avocaod,avoccado,avocdao,avvocado,vaocado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of avocado - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “avocado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-V-O-C-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ævəˈkɑːdəʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.