tiger nut
"tiger-nut" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tiger nut” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The edible tuber of chufa (Cyperus esculentus).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tiger nut |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tiger nut” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tiger nut is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The edible tuber of chufa (Cyperus esculentus).".
No misspelling variants are generated for tiger nut in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is tiger nut, spelled T-I-G-E-R- -N-U-T.
Definition
- 1The edible tuber of chufa (Cyperus esculentus).
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.
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Using “tiger nut”
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- The one correct English spelling is T-I-G-E-R- -N-U-T - 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.