patata
[paˈt̪at̪a]
The verdict
“patata” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #16,664 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,664
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (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...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patata |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈt̪at̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “patata” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for patata is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for patata, with forms such as "aptata", "paatta", and "pataat". 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, "plata", "pauta", "patea", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 patata, spelled P-A-T-A-T-A.
Definition
- 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.
- 2Tubérculo 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.
- 3Cosa cualquiera de poco valor o calidad.
- 4Órgano de los animales que se ocupa de bombear la sangre.
- 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.
- 6Raíz 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.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aptata,paatta,pataat,patatta,pattaa,pattata,ppatata,ptaata
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patata - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “patata”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-T-A-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈt̪at̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “plata” - see the side-by-side comparison. patata vs plata
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.