sapote
/səˈpəʊtiː/
"sapote" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sapote” 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) - The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sapote · sapote · English
sapote · 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 "S" 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 | sapote |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /səˈpəʊtiː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sapote” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sapote is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /səˈpəʊtiː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sapote, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish zapote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapo-tl. Doublet of chapote. The correct English form is sapote, spelled S-A-P-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
- 2The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
- 3The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
- 4The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
- 5The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
- 6The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
- 7The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
- 8The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
- 9The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sapote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Besides, the theater gives him a rush that can only be equaled by, perhaps, the healthy fruiting of a white sapote.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish zapote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapo-tl. Doublet of chapote.
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.