chinaberry
"chinaberry" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chinaberry” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The bead tree or azedarach, Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and Australia, or its fruit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chinaberry · chinaberry · English
chinaberry · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chinaberry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chinaberry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chinaberry is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for chinaberry in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From China + berry. The correct English form is chinaberry, spelled C-H-I-N-A-B-E-R-R-Y.
Definition
- 1The bead tree or azedarach, Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and Australia, or its fruit.
- 2The soapberry (genus Sapindus, especially Sapindus saponaria), native to the Americas.
- 3Actaea rubra, a poisonous herbaceous flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to North America.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chinaberry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
‘The toilet is out back directly behind the chinaberry tree.’
Etymology
From China + berry.
Synonyms
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.