tabasco pepper
"tabasco-pepper" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tabasco pepper” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A variety of chili pepper having a conical shape and a bitter and burning taste, Capsicum frutescens variety tabasco.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tabasco pepper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tabasco pepper” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tabasco pepper is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A variety of chili pepper having a conical shape and a bitter and burning taste, Capsicum frutescens variety tabasco.".
No misspelling variants are generated for tabasco pepper in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: See Tabasco. The correct English form is tabasco pepper, spelled T-A-B-A-S-C-O- -P-E-P-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1A variety of chili pepper having a conical shape and a bitter and burning taste, Capsicum frutescens variety tabasco.
Etymology
See Tabasco.
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 “tabasco pepper”
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- The one correct English spelling is T-A-B-A-S-C-O- -P-E-P-P-E-R - 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.