catatar
[kat̪aˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“catatar” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Causar admiración, fascinación, afecto o deseo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catatar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kat̪aˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “catatar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for catatar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kat̪aˈt̪aɾ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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Using “catatar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-T-A-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kat̪aˈt̪aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.