cilantro
/sɪˈlæntɹəʊ/
"cilantro" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cilantro” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,175. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,175
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cilantro · cilantro · English
cilantro · rank #33,175 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,175
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH circumcised
Nearest frequency peer: circumcised (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “cilantro”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- checkered
checkered
66,830 corpus weight
- Chengdu
Chengdu
66,828 corpus weight
- cilantro
cilantro
66,826 corpus weight
- circumcised
circumcised
66,825 corpus weight
- cit
cit
66,824 corpus weight
- civics
civics
66,823 corpus weight
What this shows “cilantro” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cilantro |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɪˈlæntɹəʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #33,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cilantro”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around cilantro (IPA /sɪˈlæntɹəʊ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,175 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cilantro, with forms such as "ccilantro", "cialntro", and "cilanntro". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish cilantro, possibly from an unattested regional Vulgar Latin variant (with a front vowel) of Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (“coriander”). Doublet of coriander and culantro. The correct English form is cilantro, spelled C-I-L-A-N-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.
Etymology
From Spanish cilantro, possibly from an unattested regional Vulgar Latin variant (with a front vowel) of Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (“coriander”). Doublet of coriander and culantro.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccilantro
- cialntro
- cilanntro
- cilanrto
- cilantor
- cilantrro
- cilanttro
- cilatnro
- cillantro
- cilnatro
- cliantro
- iclantro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cilantro - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).