cata

[ˈkat̪a]

/[ˈkat̪a]/ noun

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The verdict

“cata” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #19,658) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#19,658
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de catar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cata · cata · Spanish

cata · rank #19,658 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,658
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cepeda

Nearest frequency peer: Cepeda (+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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “cata”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “cata” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cata vs cha
50% similar
cata vs cía
50% similar
cata vs cut
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cata
PropertyValue
Headwordcata
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkat̪a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#19,658
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “cata”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).catacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Cepeda” (#19,659), “cas” (#19,656), “chicha” (#19,660). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cata” va en #19,658. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for cata is neighbouring look-alikes ("cha", "cía", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈkat̪a]. Frequency #19,658 among 8,288 “C” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for cata, with forms such as "caat", "catta", and "ccata". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cha", "cía", "cut", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cata, spelled C-A-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de catar.
  2. 2
    Evento que se organiza para dar a probar un producto a un conjunto de posibles consumidores o compradores.
  3. 3
    Dosis que se usa para hacer una cata.
  4. 4
    Cordel con un plomo en un extremo, para medir alturas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cata appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Y fue, a lo que se cree, que en un lugar cerca del suyo había una moza labradora de muy buen parecer, de quien él un tiempo anduvo enamorado, aunque, según se entiende, ella jamás lo supo, ni le dio cata dello.

Synonyms

pruebadegustacióndegustación

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • caat
  • catta
  • ccata
  • ctaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cata - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

caat2catta1ccata1ctaa2
Edit distance from "cata"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cata"?
"cata" is spelled C-A-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkat̪a].
What does "cata" mean?
As a noun, "cata" means: Acción o efecto de catar.
What words are commonly confused with "cata"?
"cata" is commonly confused with "cha", "cía", "cut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cata"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cata" is [ˈkat̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cata" come from?
"cata" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cata", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zone#19,603yuan#19,602than#19,584main#19,788

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list