Batate
[baˈtaːtə]
The verdict
“Batate” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in allen Tropenländern angebaute, aus Südamerika stammende windenähnliche Pflanze, deren langgestreckte Wurzelknollen wegen ihres hohen Zuckergehaltes wie Kartoffeln gegessen werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-batate · Batate · German
Batate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | Batate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baˈtaːtə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Batate” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Batate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [baˈtaːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in allen Tropenländern angebaute, aus Südamerika stammende windenähnliche Pflanze, deren langgestreckte Wurzelknollen wegen ihres hohen Zuckergehaltes wie Kartoffeln gegessen werden".
No misspelling variants are generated for Batate in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Batate, spelled B-A-T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1in allen Tropenländern angebaute, aus Südamerika stammende windenähnliche Pflanze, deren langgestreckte Wurzelknollen wegen ihres hohen Zuckergehaltes wie Kartoffeln gegessen werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Batate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die langgestreckten Wurzelknollen der Batate werden auch zur Herstellung von Spiritus genutzt.
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