bottle gourd
"bottle-gourd" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bottle gourd” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Calabash (Crescentia cujete or Lagenaria siceraria).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bottle gourd |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bottle gourd” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bottle gourd is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Calabash (Crescentia cujete or Lagenaria siceraria).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bottle gourd, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From its shape, round with a narrow neck. The correct English form is bottle gourd, spelled B-O-T-T-L-E- -G-O-U-R-D.
Definition
- 1Calabash (Crescentia cujete or Lagenaria siceraria).
Etymology
From its shape, round with a narrow neck.
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.
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Using “bottle gourd”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-O-T-T-L-E- -G-O-U-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.