camote

/[kaˈmot̪e]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,267

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

camote is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Ipomoea batatas) Planta herbácea de la familia de las convolvuláceas, de origen latinoamericano y extensamente cultivada por su raíz tuberosa, empleada en gastronomía. Es una enredadera perenne, d... Pronounced [kaˈmot̪e]. Often confused with cate and cante.

Key facts for camote
PropertyValue
Headwordcamote
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈmot̪e]
Letters6
Frequency rank#48,267
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of camote in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for camote is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈmot̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,267 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for camote, with forms such as "acmote", "cammote", and "camoet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "cate", "cante", "comte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is camote, spelled C-A-M-O-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Ipomoea batatas) Planta herbácea de la familia de las convolvuláceas, de origen latinoamericano 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 muy atractivas. La raíz es larga y fusiforme, con la piel pardorrojiza a púrpura, y pulpa similarmente variable. Cultivada en América desde la época precolombina, llegó a Europa en el siglo XVI y se ha difundido ampliamente en todo el mundo.
  2. 2
    Raíz comestible, en forma de tubérculo, 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.
  3. 3
    Piedra de tamaño similar a un camote₂.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acmote,cammote,camoet,camotte,camtoe,caomte,ccamote,cmaote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for camote

Misspelling Variants of "camote"

acmote6cammote7camoet6camotte7camtoe6caomte6ccamote7cmaote6
Misspelling Variants of "camote"

Frequency rank: #48,267 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "camote"?
"camote" is spelled C-A-M-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈmot̪e].
What does "camote" mean?
As a noun, "camote" means: (Ipomoea batatas) Planta herbácea de la familia de las convolvuláceas, de origen latinoamericano y extensamente cultivada por su raíz tuberosa, empleada en gastronomía. Es una enredadera perenne, d...
What words are commonly confused with "camote"?
"camote" is commonly confused with "cate", "cante", "comte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "camote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "camote" is [kaˈmot̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "camote" come from?
"camote" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.