boniato

[boˈnjat̪o]

/[boˈnjat̪o]/ noun

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The verdict

“boniato” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,549 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,549
frequency rank, Spanish
24,339
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Ipomoea batatas) Planta herbácea de la familia de las convolvuláceas, de origen americano y extensamente cultivada por su raíz tuberosa, empleada en gastronomía. Es una enredadera perenne, de hoja...

Corpus desk

Index ES-boniato · boniato · Spanish

boniato · rank #72,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,549
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 24,339
  • PHOTO-FINISH botada

Nearest frequency peer: botada (+2 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “boniato”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “boniato” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for boniato
PropertyValue
Headwordboniato
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[boˈnjat̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,549
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “boniato” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). boniato lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

boniato is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,549 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [boˈnjat̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for boniato, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is boniato, spelled B-O-N-I-A-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Ipomoea batatas) Planta herbácea de la familia de las convolvuláceas, de origen americano y extensamente cultivada por su raíz tuberosa, empleada en gastronomía. Es una enredadera perenne, de hojas cordiformes o palmatilobuladas, alternas, pecioladas, y flores simpétalas, pentámeras, de buen tamaño y atractivas. La raíz es larga y fusiforme, con la piel pardorrojiza a púrpura, y pulpa similarmente variable. Cultivada en América y en la Polinesia desde hace miles de años, llegó a Europa en el siglo XVI y se ha difundido ampliamente en todo el mundo.
  2. 2
    Raíz comestible, en forma de esta planta. Es rica en fécula y fibra, y de sabor dulce que permite su uso en una gran variedad de preparaciones, tanto de plato como de postre.

Synonyms

batatacamotebatatacamote

This word in other languages

sweet potato(English)patate douce(Français)Süßkartoffel(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boniato"?
"boniato" is spelled B-O-N-I-A-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [boˈnjat̪o].
What does "boniato" mean?
As a noun, "boniato" means: (Ipomoea batatas) Planta herbácea de la familia de las convolvuláceas, de origen americano y extensamente cultivada por su raíz tuberosa, empleada en gastronomía. Es una enredadera perenne, de hoja...
How do you pronounce "boniato"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boniato" is [boˈnjat̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boniato" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "boniato", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bañeras#72,537barista#72,533cameros#72,571casimir#72,578
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list