alcayota
[alkaˈʝot̪a]
The verdict
“alcayota” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Cucurbita ficifolia) Planta de la familia de las cucurbitáceas, con cuyo fruto y semillas se hace un dulce muy sabroso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alcayota · alcayota · Spanish
alcayota · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | alcayota |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alkaˈʝot̪a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alcayota” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alcayota is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [alkaˈʝot̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Cucurbita ficifolia) Planta de la familia de las cucurbitáceas, con cuyo fruto y semillas se hace un dulce muy sabroso.".
Zero misspellings are on record for alcayota in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is alcayota, spelled A-L-C-A-Y-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1(Cucurbita ficifolia) Planta de la familia de las cucurbitáceas, con cuyo fruto y semillas se hace un dulce muy sabroso.
Synonyms
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.