ocotillo
[okoˈt̪iʝo]
The verdict
“ocotillo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Podocarpus guatemalensis) Cipresillo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ocotillo · ocotillo · Spanish
ocotillo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ocotillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [okoˈt̪iʝo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ocotillo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ocotillo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [okoˈt̪iʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Podocarpus guatemalensis) Cipresillo.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ocotillo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is ocotillo, spelled O-C-O-T-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1(Podocarpus guatemalensis) Cipresillo.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.