acata
[aˈkat̪a]
The verdict
“acata” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,026 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,026
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acatar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-acata · acata · Spanish
acata · rank #52,026 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,026
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 120,137
- PHOTO-FINISH acapara
Nearest frequency peer: acapara (-1 rank slots)
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 “acata”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- abstenido
abstenido
47,978 corpus weight
- abstuvieron
abstuvieron
47,977 corpus weight
- acapara
acapara
47,976 corpus weight
- acata
acata
47,975 corpus weight
- acetona
acetona
47,974 corpus weight
- acogiendo
acogiendo
47,973 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “acata” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acata |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈkat̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acata” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
acata is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,026 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aˈkat̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for acata, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is acata, spelled A-C-A-T-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acatar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de acatar.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.