mate de Réti

[ˈmat̪e ð̞e ˈret̪i]

/[ˈmat̪e ð̞e ˈret̪i]/ phrase

The verdict

“mate de Réti” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mate dado por un alfil que cubre una diagonal de escape, apoyado por una torre que cubre la columna por la que el rey podría escapar. Generalmente se da en situaciones en donde la falta de desarrol...

Key facts for mate de Réti
PropertyValue
Headwordmate de Réti
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈmat̪e ð̞e ˈret̪i]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mate de Réti” sits in Spanish frequency

mate de Réti falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mate de Réti is 12 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmat̪e ð̞e ˈret̪i]. 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: "Mate dado por un alfil que cubre una diagonal de escape, apoyado por una torre que cubre la columna por la que el rey podría escapar. Generalmente se da en situaciones en donde la falta de desarrol...".

No misspelling variants are generated for mate de Réti in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 mate de Réti, spelled M-A-T-E- -D-E- -R-É-T-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mate dado por un alfil que cubre una diagonal de escape, apoyado por una torre que cubre la columna por la que el rey podría escapar. Generalmente se da en situaciones en donde la falta de desarrollo de piezas obstruyen el flanco hacia donde el rey no puede escapar.

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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How do you spell "mate de Réti"?
"mate de Réti" is spelled M-A-T-E- -D-E- -R-É-T-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmat̪e ð̞e ˈret̪i].
What does "mate de Réti" mean?
As a phrase, "mate de Réti" means: Mate dado por un alfil que cubre una diagonal de escape, apoyado por una torre que cubre la columna por la que el rey podría escapar. Generalmente se da en situaciones en donde la falta de desarrol...
How do you pronounce "mate de Réti"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mate de Réti" is [ˈmat̪e ð̞e ˈret̪i]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “mate de Réti”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-T-E- -D-E- -R-É-T-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈmat̪e ð̞e ˈret̪i] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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