chickpea
/ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpiː/
"chickpea" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chickpea” is uncommon English (frequency #52,857 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,857
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chickpea · chickpea · English
chickpea · rank #52,857 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,857
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Chicagoland
Nearest frequency peer: Chicagoland (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “chickpea”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Chianti
Chianti
47,146 corpus weight
- Chicagoland
Chicagoland
47,145 corpus weight
- chickpea
chickpea
47,144 corpus weight
- Christiansen
Christiansen
47,141 corpus weight
- Chuckie
Chuckie
47,139 corpus weight
- CIM
CIM
47,138 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chickpea” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chickpea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpiː/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chickpea” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chickpea is uncommon English at frequency #52,857 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpiː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
chickpea has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of French pois chiche, from pois (“pea”) + chiche, from Latin cicer (“chickpea”). The correct English form is chickpea, spelled C-H-I-C-K-P-E-A.
Definition
- 1An annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
- 2A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chickpea appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chickpea is valued for its nutritive seeds with high protein content.
Etymology
Calque of French pois chiche, from pois (“pea”) + chiche, from Latin cicer (“chickpea”).
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); 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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