# cashew

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkæʃuː/ · frequency rank #39,236

## Definitions
1. A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
2. A cashew nut.

## Etymology
Reanalysis of French acajou as a + cajou, from Old Tupi akaîu. Doublet of acajou.

## Easily confused with
- **chew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cashew-vs-chew)
- **caste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cashew-vs-caste)
- **casket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cashew-vs-casket)
- **Casper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cashew-vs-casper)
- **caster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cashew-vs-caster)
- **Cassel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cashew-vs-cassel)
- **crashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cashew-vs-crashed)
- **crashes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cashew-vs-crashes)
- **cashier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cashew-vs-cashier)
- **case** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-cashew)
- **cash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cash-vs-cashew)
- **cases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cases-vs-cashew)
- **Casey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casey-vs-cashew)
- **cache** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cache-vs-cashew)
- **Carew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carew-vs-cashew)
- **cased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cased-vs-cashew)
- **cashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cashed-vs-cashew)
- **caches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caches-vs-cashew)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acshew`, `cahsew`, `casehw`, `casheww`, `cashhew`, `cashwe`, `casshew`, `ccashew`, `csahew`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cashew