chayote
[t͡ʃaˈʝot̪e]
The verdict
“chayote” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,251 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,251
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Sechium edule) Planta de la familia de las cucurbitáceas, cuyo fruto es de amplio uso como hortaliza. Tiene un color que va del verde oscuro al verde claro o amarillo claro casi blanco. Cuando tie...
Corpus desk
Index ES-chayote · chayote · Spanish
chayote · rank #75,251 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,251
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chapar
Nearest frequency peer: chapar (-1 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “chayote”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Cerón
Cerón
24,753 corpus weight
- cesio
cesio
24,752 corpus weight
- chapar
chapar
24,751 corpus weight
- chayote
chayote
24,750 corpus weight
- chiquillas
chiquillas
24,747 corpus weight
- chismosos
chismosos
24,746 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “chayote” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chayote |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃaˈʝot̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chayote” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chayote is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,251 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃaˈʝot̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Sechium edule) Planta de la familia de las cucurbitáceas, cuyo fruto es de amplio uso como hortaliza. Tiene un color que va del verde oscuro al verde claro o amarillo claro casi blanco. Cuando tie...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chayote, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is chayote, spelled C-H-A-Y-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1(Sechium edule) Planta de la familia de las cucurbitáceas, cuyo fruto es de amplio uso como hortaliza. Tiene un color que va del verde oscuro al verde claro o amarillo claro casi blanco. Cuando tierno presenta una cáscara lustrosa y consistencia dura. Puede estar cubierto por espinas o no. Cada fruto tiene una semilla amplia y chata, comestible.
Synonyms
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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