gatos

/[ˈgat̪os]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,925

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gatos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de gato. Pronounced [ˈgat̪os]. It ranks #3,925 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gays and gros.

Key facts for gatos
PropertyValue
Headwordgatos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgat̪os]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,925
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gatos in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gatos is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgat̪os]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,925 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de gato.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for gatos, with forms such as "agtos", "gaots", and "gatoss". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gays", "gros", "gotas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is gatos, spelled G-A-T-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de gato.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agtos,gaots,gatoss,gattos,ggatos,gtaos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gatos

Misspelling Variants of "gatos"

agtos5gaots5gatoss6gattos6ggatos6gtaos5
Misspelling Variants of "gatos"

Frequency rank: #3,925 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gatos"?
"gatos" is spelled G-A-T-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgat̪os].
What does "gatos" mean?
As a noun, "gatos" means: Forma del plural de gato.
What words are commonly confused with "gatos"?
"gatos" is commonly confused with "gays", "gros", "gotas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gatos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gatos" is [ˈgat̪os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gatos" come from?
"gatos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.