patata

/[paˈt̪at̪a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,664

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

patata is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Solanum tuberosum) Planta herbácea, caducifolia, de la familia de las solanáceas, de tallo erecto o decumbente de hasta 1 m de largo, hojas imparipinnadas, de foliolos lanceolados, pilosas, y flor... Pronounced [paˈt̪at̪a]. Often confused with plata and pauta.

Key facts for patata
PropertyValue
Headwordpatata
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paˈt̪at̪a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,664
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for patata is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈt̪at̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,664 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for patata, with forms such as "aptata", "paatta", and "pataat". 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, "plata", "pauta", "patea", 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 patata, spelled P-A-T-A-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Solanum tuberosum) Planta herbácea, caducifolia, de la familia de las solanáceas, de tallo erecto o decumbente de hasta 1 m de largo, hojas imparipinnadas, de foliolos lanceolados, pilosas, y flores en inflorescencias terminales racemosas, de pétalos fusionados de color blanco a púrpura, que fructifican en pequeñas bayas. Se la aprecia por los tubérculos que produce su sistema radical, muy usados en gastronomía.
  2. 2
    Tubérculo comestible de la patata₁, producido por el engrosamiento de sus tallos subterráneos, de pulpa firme de color claro y piel delgada del verde al castaño, apreciado como alimento.
  3. 3
    Cosa cualquiera de poco valor o calidad.
  4. 4
    Órgano de los animales que se ocupa de bombear la sangre.
  5. 5
    (Ipomoea batatas) Planta herbácea de la familia de las convolvuláceas, de origen latinoamericano y extensamente cultivada por su raíz tuberosa, empleada en gastronomía. Es una enredadera perenne, de hojas cordiformes o palmatilobuladas, alternas, pecioladas, y flores simpétalas, pentámeras, de buen tamaño y muy atractivas. La raíz es larga y fusiforme, con la piel pardorrojiza a púrpura, y pulpa similarmente variable. Cultivada en América desde la época precolombina, llegó a Europa en el siglo XVI y se ha difundido ampliamente en todo el mundo.
  6. 6
    Raíz comestible, en forma de tubérculo, de la patata₅. Es rica en fécula y fibra, y de sabor dulce que permite su uso en una gran variedad de preparaciones, tanto de plato como de postre.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aptata,paatta,pataat,patatta,pattaa,pattata,ppatata,ptaata

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for patata

Misspelling Variants of "patata"

aptata6paatta6pataat6patatta7pattaa6pattata7ppatata7ptaata6
Misspelling Variants of "patata"

Frequency rank: #16,664 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "patata"?
"patata" is spelled P-A-T-A-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈt̪at̪a].
What does "patata" mean?
As a noun, "patata" means: (Solanum tuberosum) Planta herbácea, caducifolia, de la familia de las solanáceas, de tallo erecto o decumbente de hasta 1 m de largo, hojas imparipinnadas, de foliolos lanceolados, pilosas, y flor...
What words are commonly confused with "patata"?
"patata" is commonly confused with "plata", "pauta", "patea". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "patata"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patata" is [paˈt̪at̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patata" come from?
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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.