peyote
/peɪˈjoʊti/
"peyote" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“peyote” is uncommon English (frequency #50,149 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,149
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for their psychedelic effect, primarily ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peyote |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /peɪˈjoʊti/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peyote” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
peyote is uncommon English at frequency #50,149 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /peɪˈjoʊti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for peyote in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish peyote, from Classical Nahuatl peyotl. The correct English form is peyote, spelled P-E-Y-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for their psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline.
- 2A mescal button produced by the plant.
Etymology
From Spanish peyote, from Classical Nahuatl peyotl.
Synonyms
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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 “peyote”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-E-Y-O-T-E - 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.