azedarach

noun

"azedarach" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“azedarach” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States, commonly called bead tree, chinaberry, etc.

Corpus desk

Index EN-azedarach · azedarach · English

azedarach · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for azedarach
PropertyValue
Headwordazedarach
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “azedarach” in English

azedarachranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

azedarach is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for azedarach in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French azédarach, from Spanish acederaque, from Arabic أَزَادَرْخَت (ʔazādarḵat), from Persian آزاددرخت (âzâd-deraxt), from آزاد (âzâd, “noble”) + درخت (deraxt, “tree”). The correct English form is azedarach, spelled A-Z-E-D-A-R-A-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    An Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States, commonly called bead tree, chinaberry, etc.
  2. 2
    The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic

Etymology

From French azédarach, from Spanish acederaque, from Arabic أَزَادَرْخَت (ʔazādarḵat), from Persian آزاددرخت (âzâd-deraxt), from آزاد (âzâd, “noble”) + درخت (deraxt, “tree”).

Synonyms

bead treechinaberrypride of Chinapride of India

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "azedarach"?
"azedarach" is spelled A-Z-E-D-A-R-A-C-H.
What does "azedarach" mean?
As a noun, "azedarach" means: An Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States, commonly called bead tree, chinaberry, etc.
What is the origin of the word "azedarach"?
From French azédarach, from Spanish acederaque, from Arabic أَزَادَرْخَت (ʔazādarḵat), from Persian آزاددرخت (âzâd-deraxt), from آزاد (âzâd, “noble”) + درخت (deraxt, “tree”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list