pot marigold
"pot-marigold" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pot marigold” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Calendula officinalis, a species of marigold
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pot marigold |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pot marigold” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for pot marigold is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Calendula officinalis, a species of marigold".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pot marigold, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pot + marigold. The correct English form is pot marigold, spelled P-O-T- -M-A-R-I-G-O-L-D.
Definition
- 1Calendula officinalis, a species of marigold
Etymology
From pot + marigold.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pot marigold”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-O-T- -M-A-R-I-G-O-L-D - 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.