ates
[ˈat̪es]
The verdict
“ates” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,497 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,497
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de atar o de atarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ates · ates · Spanish
ates · rank #85,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,497
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH atareada
Nearest frequency peer: atareada (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “ates”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- astenia
astenia
14,508 corpus weight
- asun
asun
14,507 corpus weight
- asustaban
asustaban
14,506 corpus weight
- atareada
atareada
14,505 corpus weight
- ates
ates
14,504 corpus weight
- atribulado
atribulado
14,501 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ates” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ates |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈat̪es] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ates” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ates is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,497 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈat̪es]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de atar o de atarse.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ates in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ates, spelled A-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de atar o de atarse.
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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