Mexican tea
"mexican-tea" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mexican tea” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, usually Ephedra trifurca, used to make an herbal tea.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mexican tea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mexican tea” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mexican tea is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Mexican tea in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: One of a number of common names based on types of people known to live in the desert, with tea referring to the herbal drink brewed from the plant. The correct English form is Mexican tea, spelled M-E-X-I-C-A-N- -T-E-A.
Definition
- 1A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, usually Ephedra trifurca, used to make an herbal tea.
- 2Dysphania ambrosioides, formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides
Etymology
One of a number of common names based on types of people known to live in the desert, with tea referring to the herbal drink brewed from the plant.
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.
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Using “Mexican tea”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-E-X-I-C-A-N- -T-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.