# coyote

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəˈjoʊ.ti/ · frequency rank #18,051

## Definitions
1. Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.
2. A smuggler of undocumented immigrants across the land border from Latin America into the United States of America.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyoo-tl. Compare Chinook ki-o-tī.

## Easily confused with
- **cote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-coyote)
- **conte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conte-vs-coyote)
- **comte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comte-vs-coyote)
- **Coyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coyle-vs-coyote)
- **coyne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coyne-vs-coyote)
- **capote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/capote-vs-coyote)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccoyote`, `cooyte`, `coyoet`, `coyotte`, `coytoe`, `coyyote`, `cyoote`, `ocyote`

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