cenote
[seˈnot̪e]
The verdict
“cenote” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,950 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,950
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Depresión geológica inundada de origen kárstico que se encuentra en algunas cavernas muy profundas, como consecuencia de haberse derrumbado el techo de una o varias cuevas. Ahí se juntan las aguas ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cenote |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [seˈnot̪e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cenote” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cenote is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,950 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [seˈnot̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Depresión geológica inundada de origen kárstico que se encuentra en algunas cavernas muy profundas, como consecuencia de haberse derrumbado el techo de una o varias cuevas. Ahí se juntan las aguas ...".
cenote has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 cenote, spelled C-E-N-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Depresión geológica inundada de origen kárstico que se encuentra en algunas cavernas muy profundas, como consecuencia de haberse derrumbado el techo de una o varias cuevas. Ahí se juntan las aguas subterráneas, formando un estanque más o menos profundo.
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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 “cenote”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-E-N-O-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.