ocelot
/ˈɒsəlɒt/
"ocelot" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ocelot” is uncommon English (frequency #63,853 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,853
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ocelot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒsəlɒt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ocelot” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ocelot is uncommon English at frequency #63,853 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɒsəlɒt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ocelot in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Classical Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”). The correct English form is ocelot, spelled O-C-E-L-O-T.
Definition
- 1An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.
Etymology
From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Classical Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”).
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.
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Using “ocelot”
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- The one correct English spelling is O-C-E-L-O-T - 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.