catatar
[kat̪aˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“catatar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Causar admiración, fascinación, afecto o deseo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-catatar · catatar · Spanish
catatar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catatar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kat̪aˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “catatar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
catatar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kat̪aˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Causar admiración, fascinación, afecto o deseo.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for catatar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is catatar, spelled C-A-T-A-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Causar admiración, fascinación, afecto o deseo.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.