chayote
[t͡ʃaˈʝot̪e]
The verdict
“chayote” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,251 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,251
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “chayote” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chayote is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,251 among 77,812 “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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Using “chayote”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-H-A-Y-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.