cats

/kæts/

//kæts// noun

The verdict

“cats” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #47,632. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,632
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de cat.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cats · cats · Spanish

cats · rank #47,632 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,632
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH categórico

Nearest frequency peer: categórico (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cats”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “cats” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

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).

cats vs cis
50% similar
cats vs ces
50% similar
cats vs cos
50% similar

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

Key facts for cats
PropertyValue
Headwordcats
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kæts/
Letters4
Frequency rank#47,632
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cats”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).catscae 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 “categórico” (#47,631), “catastróficos” (#47,630), “castigadas” (#47,629). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cats” va en #47,632. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cats (IPA /kæts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,632 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del plural de cat.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cats, with forms such as "acts", "catss", and "catts". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cis", "ces", "cos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 cats, spelled C-A-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de cat.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acts
  • catss
  • catts
  • ccats
  • ctas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cats - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acts2catss1catts1ccats1ctas2
Edit distance from "cats"

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 "cats"?
"cats" is spelled C-A-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is /kæts/.
What does "cats" mean?
As a noun, "cats" means: Forma del plural de cat.
What words are commonly confused with "cats"?
"cats" is commonly confused with "cis", "ces", "cos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cats"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cats" is /kæts/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cats" come from?
"cats" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list