Potawatomi
/ˌpɔtəˈwɑtəmi/
"potawatomi" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Potawatomi” is uncommon English (frequency #99,718 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,718
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A member of a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Potawatomi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpɔtəˈwɑtəmi/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Potawatomi” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Potawatomi is uncommon English at frequency #99,718 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌpɔtəˈwɑtəmi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Potawatomi, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ojibwe boodawaadamii or Potawatomi Bodéwademi (“those who tend the fire”) (unsyncoped form of Bodéwadmi), from boodawaadam/bodewadm (“hearth”). The correct English form is Potawatomi, spelled P-O-T-A-W-A-T-O-M-I.
Definition
- 1A member of a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ojibwe boodawaadamii or Potawatomi Bodéwademi (“those who tend the fire”) (unsyncoped form of Bodéwadmi), from boodawaadam/bodewadm (“hearth”).
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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- The one correct English spelling is P-O-T-A-W-A-T-O-M-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.