potatoe
"potatoe" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“potatoe” is uncommon English (frequency #88,727 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,727
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of potato.
Corpus desk
Index EN-potatoe · potatoe · English
potatoe · rank #88,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,727
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pouts
Nearest frequency peer: pouts (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “potatoe”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- polyhedron
polyhedron
11,278 corpus weight
- poot
poot
11,277 corpus weight
- potatoe
potatoe
11,274 corpus weight
- pouts
pouts
11,273 corpus weight
- prebendary
prebendary
11,271 corpus weight
- precure
precure
11,270 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “potatoe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | potatoe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “potatoe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
potatoe is uncommon English at frequency #88,727 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete spelling of potato.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for potatoe, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is potatoe, spelled P-O-T-A-T-O-E.
Definition
- 1Obsolete spelling of potato.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how potatoe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mr. Hyett submitted to the meeting the following account of a series of experiments which he had tried upon the cultivation of the potatoe during the season just ended[…]
The Potatoe now in use, (Solanum tuberosum,) was brought to England by the Colonists sent out by Sir Walter Raleigh[…]
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).