cucurbit
/kjuˈkɜː.bɪt/
"cucurbit" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cucurbit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any member of the family Cucurbitaceae of gourds.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cucurbit · cucurbit · English
cucurbit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | cucurbit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kjuˈkɜː.bɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cucurbit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cucurbit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kjuˈkɜː.bɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cucurbit has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cocurbite, concurbite, cucurbita, cucurbite, from Middle French cucurbite and Latin cucurbita. Doublet of gourd. The correct English form is cucurbit, spelled C-U-C-U-R-B-I-T.
Definition
- 1Any member of the family Cucurbitaceae of gourds.
- 2A receptacle, originally gourd-shaped and used for liquids or chemicals; a bottle or other container.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cucurbit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Our efforts are directed against species of African origin because these include several notorious pests (such as medfly, Ceratitis capitata), as well as some of the most poorly known ones (species of Dacus feeding on cucurbits).
When Sulayman saw me, he took refuge with Allah and bade me embrace the True Faith and obey his behests; but I refused, so sending for this cucurbit he shut me up therein, and stopped it over with lead
Etymology
From Middle English cocurbite, concurbite, cucurbita, cucurbite, from Middle French cucurbite and Latin cucurbita. Doublet of gourd.
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.