epazote
[epaˈsot̪e]
The verdict
“epazote” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,165 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,165
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Dysphania ambrosioides) Planta herbácea americana de la familia de las Amarantáceas. Es una planta anual de crecimiento erecto, de hojas lanceoladas de hasta 13 cm de largo y flores pequeñas y ver...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | epazote |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [epaˈsot̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “epazote” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
epazote is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,165 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [epaˈsot̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Dysphania ambrosioides) Planta herbácea americana de la familia de las Amarantáceas. Es una planta anual de crecimiento erecto, de hojas lanceoladas de hasta 13 cm de largo y flores pequeñas y ver...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for epazote, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 epazote, spelled E-P-A-Z-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1(Dysphania ambrosioides) Planta herbácea americana de la familia de las Amarantáceas. Es una planta anual de crecimiento erecto, de hojas lanceoladas de hasta 13 cm de largo y flores pequeñas y verdes agrupadas en glomérulos. Posee un olor penetrante a causa de la abundancia en sus hojas del aceite esencial ascaridol. Tiene usos en la medicina tradicional latinoamericana por sus propiedades vermífugas, también se consume condimento de varias recetas de la cocina mexicana y como infusión.
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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 “epazote”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-P-A-Z-O-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [epaˈsot̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.