camote
[kaˈmot̪e]
The verdict
“camote” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #48,267 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,267
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (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...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | camote |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈmot̪e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “camote” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for camote is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for camote, with forms such as "acmote", "cammote", and "camoet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "cate", "cante", "comte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 camote, spelled C-A-M-O-T-E.
Definition
- 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.
- 2Raíz 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.
- 3Piedra de tamaño similar a un camote₂.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acmote,cammote,camoet,camotte,camtoe,caomte,ccamote,cmaote
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of camote - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “camote”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-M-O-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaˈmot̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cate” - see the side-by-side comparison. camote vs cate
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.