fruta del diablo

/[ˈfɾut̪a ð̞el̪ ˈd̪jaβ̞lo]/ phrase

Letters

16 characters

Language

Spanish

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

fruta del diablo is aSpanishphrase. It means: (Morinda citrifolia) Arbusto polinesio, cultivado como frutal y medicinal. Alcanza de 2 a 4 m de altura, con tallos glabro, hojas opuesta, elípticas a ovadas, de color verde brillante. Muestra infl... Pronounced [ˈfɾut̪a ð̞el̪ ˈd̪jaβ̞lo].

Key facts for fruta del diablo
PropertyValue
Headwordfruta del diablo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈfɾut̪a ð̞el̪ ˈd̪jaβ̞lo]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

fruta del diablo is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Spanish corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fruta del diablo is 16 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɾut̪a ð̞el̪ ˈd̪jaβ̞lo]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for fruta del diablo in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is fruta del diablo, spelled F-R-U-T-A- -D-E-L- -D-I-A-B-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Morinda citrifolia) Arbusto polinesio, cultivado como frutal y medicinal. Alcanza de 2 a 4 m de altura, con tallos glabro, hojas opuesta, elípticas a ovadas, de color verde brillante. Muestra inflorescencias en densas cabezuelas seudoaxilares opuestas de flores sésiles, pequeñas, blancas, pentámeras. El fruto es un sincarpo ovoide, muy maloliente, que se consume en el Pacífico en ocasiones de escasez, y se emplea como medicina para varias afecciones. Rumores no probados le atribuyen efectos anticancerígenos.
  2. 2
    Fruto de esta planta, consumido como alimento o empleado como medicina.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fruta del diablo"?
"fruta del diablo" is spelled F-R-U-T-A- -D-E-L- -D-I-A-B-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɾut̪a ð̞el̪ ˈd̪jaβ̞lo].
What does "fruta del diablo" mean?
As a phrase, "fruta del diablo" means: (Morinda citrifolia) Arbusto polinesio, cultivado como frutal y medicinal. Alcanza de 2 a 4 m de altura, con tallos glabro, hojas opuesta, elípticas a ovadas, de color verde brillante. Muestra infl...
How do you pronounce "fruta del diablo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fruta del diablo" is [ˈfɾut̪a ð̞el̪ ˈd̪jaβ̞lo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fruta del diablo" come from?
"fruta del diablo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Spanish index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.