tate
/tɔːteɪ/
"tate" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tate” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,945. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,945
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of video games, a vertical mode.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tate · tate · English
tate · rank #10,945 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,945
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH surfing
Nearest frequency peer: surfing (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tate”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- strive
strive
89,059 corpus weight
- sunglasses
sunglasses
89,058 corpus weight
- surfing
surfing
89,057 corpus weight
- tate
tate
89,056 corpus weight
- temptation
temptation
89,055 corpus weight
- thrill
thrill
89,054 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tate” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɔːteɪ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,945 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tate” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around tate (IPA /tɔːteɪ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,945 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of video games, a vertical mode.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for tate, with forms such as "atte", "taet", and "tatte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "te", "TT", "the", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 縦 (tate). The correct English form is tate, spelled T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Of video games, a vertical mode.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This is a monitor, not a TV - but I LOVE it for gaming purposes as I can easily rotate the screen. I had to unscrew the rotation mechanism and flip it around so that Tate mode games play the right way up.
Shiki is good, haven;t played that in tate mode yet. I though^([sic]) Psyvariar was boring to begin with - but that was because I just didn;t 'get' the game. Now I love it. Haven;t played that in Tate yet either. Hence the need for a whizz bang TV!
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 縦 (tate).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atte
- taet
- tatte
- ttae
- ttate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tate - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tate", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "tate" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "te". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,945 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
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.