# cate

> English word · Noun · IPA /keɪt/ · frequency rank #25,700

## Definitions
1. A delicacy or item of food.

## Etymology
Aphetized from acate, from Old Northern French acat (“purchase”).

## Easily confused with
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-ct)
- **CE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-ce)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-cut)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-cue)
- **che** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-che)
- **cot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-cot)
- **Coe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-coe)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-crt)
- **CST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-cst)
- **CBT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-cbt)
- **CTR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-ctr)
- **cee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-cee)
- **CME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-cme)
- **CET** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-cet)
- **cit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-cit)
- **CTE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-cte)
- **CTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-cto)
- **CBE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-cbe)
- **CTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-cta)
- **cay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-cay)

## Common misspellings (5)
`acte`, `caet`, `catte`, `ccate`, `ctae`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cate