jícama
[ˈxikama]
The verdict
“jícama” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Raíz de contextura bulbosa, consistencia firme, superficie lisa y color blanco, que suele consumirse con sal y limón o usarse en la medicina tradicional.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jícama |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxikama] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jícama” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for jícama is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxikama]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for jícama in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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 jícama, spelled J-Í-C-A-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Raíz de contextura bulbosa, consistencia firme, superficie lisa y color blanco, que suele consumirse con sal y limón o usarse en la medicina tradicional.
- 2(Pachyrhizus erosus) Planta trepadora cultivada especialmente por sus raíces tuberosas, crece flores violetas o lilas y sus frutos son legumbres lineares con hendiduras entre las semillas. Sus semillas tienen forma casi redondeada o cuadrangular y coloración que varía del café al rojo oscuro.
- 3Raíz de la jícama₂.
- 4Semilla de la jícama₂ utilizada como remedio para los piojos o como alimento después de cocerse.
- 5(Calopogonium caeruleum) Especie vegetal de crecimiento enredadera, caracterizada por follaje con pecíolos, agrupación floral en forma de espiga, pequeñas flores azuladas y frutos en forma de cápsulas estrechas y alargadas.
- 6(Pachyrhizus) Cucama.
- 7(Pachyrhizus tuberosus) Ashipa.
- 8(Calopogonium mucunoides) Planta perenne de crecimiento rastrero, con vástagos largos y hojas compuestas por tres folíolos. Sus flores, de tono violáceo, se agrupan en espigas. Desarrolla una raíz usada como alimento y en la medicina tradicional.
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Using “jícama”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-Í-C-A-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈxikama] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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