patada

Name: patada, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[paˈt̪að̞a]

/[paˈt̪að̞a]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“patada” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,563. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,563
frequency rank, Spanish: 6,028
“P” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Golpe dado con el pie o la pata.

Corpus desk

Index ES-patada · patada · Spanish

patada · rank #8,563 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #8,563
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,028
PHOTO-FINISH party

Nearest frequency peer: party (-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.

Orlando

91,441
party

91,439
patada

91,438
permanecen

91,437
permanencia

91,436
permisos

91,435

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

patada vs patas

67% similar

patada vs Prada

50% similar

patada vs patea

67% similar

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

Key facts for patada
Property	Value
Headword	patada
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[paˈt̪að̞a]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#8,563
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “patada”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.patadacae aquí:

#8,563

#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 “party” (#8,562), “permanecen” (#8,564), “permanencia” (#8,565). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “patada” va en #8,563. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around patada (IPA [paˈt̪að̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,563 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for patada, with forms such as "aptada", "paatda", and "pataad". 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, "patas", "Prada", "patea", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is patada, spelled P-A-T-A-D-A.

Definition

1
Golpe dado con el pie o la pata.
2
Visita rápida para un propósito puntual.
3
Movimiento de retroceso que hacen las armas de fuego cuando se disparan.
4
Contracción muscular dolorosa experimentada por una descarga eléctrica.
5
Olor desagradable, en especial el de origen corporal.
6
Interrupción unilateral y brusca de una relación sentimental.
7
Desaire, mala acción, respuesta violenta o brusca.

Synonyms

coz retroceso baranda chivo chucha pacuso tufo violín chute corte

This word in other languages

kick(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aptada
paatda
pataad
patadda
patdaa
pattada
ppatada
ptaada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patada - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "patada"

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 "patada"?

"patada" is spelled P-A-T-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈt̪að̞a].

What does "patada" mean?

As a noun, "patada" means: Golpe dado con el pie o la pata.

What words are commonly confused with "patada"?

"patada" is commonly confused with "patas", "Prada", "patea". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "patada"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patada" is [paˈt̪að̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "patada" come from?

"patada" 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 "patada", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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