nopales
/nəʊˈpɑːlɛz/
"nopales" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nopales” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nopales · nopales · English
nopales · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | nopales |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /nəʊˈpɑːlɛz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nopales” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nopales is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /nəʊˈpɑːlɛz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.".
No misspelling variants are generated for nopales in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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: From Spanish nopales, plural of nopal. The correct English form is nopales, spelled N-O-P-A-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1The leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nopales appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After a day and a half's journey, El Espinero led Frank to a long-abandoned silver working, high over the plain, where nopales grew and lizards lay in the sun.
Etymology
From Spanish nopales, plural of nopal.
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.