tuckahoe
/ˈtʌkəhəʊ/noun
tuckahoe is spelled T-U-C-K-A-H-O-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tuckahoe means “The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tuckahoe is tuckahoes.
How many letters and syllables are in tuckahoe?
| Letters | 8: T-U-C-K-A-H-O-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is tuckahoe?
Tuckahoe appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tuckahoe?
- UK /ˈtʌkəhəʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tuckahoe
- tuckahoes plural
- tockwough
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tuckahoe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.
- 2
USobsoleteA person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
[…] at least until you either get poor Tuckahoe out of his present hobble, in furnishing so many strong suspicions against the sincerity of his former professions of patriotism, […]
- 3
The sclerotium of wood-decay fungi of species Wolfiporia extensa, used by Native Americans and the Chinese as food and as a herbal medicine.
- 4
The flowering plant Orontium aquaticum.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of tuckahoe (“person living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tuckahoe come from?
From Powhatan tockawhoughe. The "person" sense implies that such a person was so poor as to be reduced to eating the root.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).