jojoba
/həˈhəʊbə/
"jojoba" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jojoba” is uncommon English (frequency #73,323 among 4,872 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,323
- frequency rank, English
- 4,872
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of species Simmondsia chinensis of shrubs native to the southwestern United States and to Mexico, the only plant known to store liquid wax in its seed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jojoba · jojoba · English
jojoba · rank #73,323 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,323
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,872
- PHOTO-FINISH jostle
Nearest frequency peer: jostle (+3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “jojoba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jiggy
jiggy
26,682 corpus weight
- jojoba
jojoba
26,678 corpus weight
- jostle
jostle
26,675 corpus weight
- JPM
JPM
26,674 corpus weight
- judicature
judicature
26,673 corpus weight
- Kader
Kader
26,670 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jojoba” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jojoba |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /həˈhəʊbə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jojoba” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jojoba is uncommon English at frequency #73,323 among 4,872 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /həˈhəʊbə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of species Simmondsia chinensis of shrubs native to the southwestern United States and to Mexico, the only plant known to store liquid wax in its seed.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for jojoba in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish jojoba, from O'odham hohowai. The correct English form is jojoba, spelled J-O-J-O-B-A.
Definition
- 1Any of species Simmondsia chinensis of shrubs native to the southwestern United States and to Mexico, the only plant known to store liquid wax in its seed.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish jojoba, from O'odham hohowai.
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.