cate
[ˈkat̪e]
The verdict
“cate” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #38,559 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #38,559
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Suspenso de un test, examen o asignatura.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkat̪e] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #38,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cate” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cate is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkat̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,559 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Suspenso de un test, examen o asignatura.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cate, with forms such as "acte", "caet", and "catte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ce", "che", "cut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cate, spelled C-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Suspenso de un test, examen o asignatura.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acte,caet,catte,ccate,ctae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cate - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “cate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkat̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ce” - see the side-by-side comparison. cate vs ce
- 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.