peyote
[peˈʝot̪e]
The verdict
“peyote” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,810 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,810
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Lophophora williamsii) Cactus pequeño perteneciente a la familia Cactaceae. Es endémica de México y la parte sudoccidental de Texas. Muy conocida por sus alcaloides psicoactivos, entre ellos la me...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peyote |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈʝot̪e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,810 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peyote” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
peyote is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,810 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [peˈʝot̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Lophophora williamsii) Cactus pequeño perteneciente a la familia Cactaceae. Es endémica de México y la parte sudoccidental de Texas. Muy conocida por sus alcaloides psicoactivos, entre ellos la me...".
peyote doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is peyote, spelled P-E-Y-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1(Lophophora williamsii) Cactus pequeño perteneciente a la familia Cactaceae. Es endémica de México y la parte sudoccidental de Texas. Muy conocida por sus alcaloides psicoactivos, entre ellos la mescalina, principal sustancia responsable de sus efectos psicodélicos. Posee una larga tradición de uso tanto medicinal como ritual entre los indígenas americanos y está extendido mundialmente como enteógeno y complemento de diversas prácticas entre las que se encuentran la meditación y la psicoterapia psicodélica.
This word in other languages
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 “peyote”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-Y-O-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.