cenote
/sɛˈnoʊteɪ/
"cenote" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cenote” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Mexico and Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes groundwater underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cenote |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɛˈnoʊteɪ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cenote” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cenote is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /sɛˈnoʊteɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Mexico and Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes groundwater underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans ...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cenote in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole with water”). The correct English form is cenote, spelled C-E-N-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Mexico and Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes groundwater underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
Etymology
From Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole with water”).
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.
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Using “cenote”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-E-N-O-T-E - 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.