pulque
/ˈpʊl.keɪ/
"pulque" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pulque” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pulque · pulque · English
pulque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pulque |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpʊl.keɪ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pulque” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pulque is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpʊl.keɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pulque, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Mexican Spanish pulque, possibly from Nahuatl. The correct English form is pulque, spelled P-U-L-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pulque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You went by the sour stink of pulque saloons; they gave you a water glass of cactus juice in there, two cents.
Etymology
From Mexican Spanish pulque, possibly from Nahuatl.
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.