pate
[ˈpat̪e]
The verdict
“pate” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,188 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,188
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bejuco venenoso de América Central, de la famila Sapindáceas, que es usada en la pesca artesanal. ^([cita requerida])
Corpus desk
Index ES-pate · pate · Spanish
pate · rank #72,188 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,188
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH patentados
Nearest frequency peer: patentados (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pate”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pasacalle
pasacalle
27,816 corpus weight
- pasquín
pasquín
27,815 corpus weight
- pate
pate
27,813 corpus weight
- patentados
patentados
27,812 corpus weight
- patinadora
patinadora
27,811 corpus weight
- pedirían
pedirían
27,810 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pate” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpat̪e] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #72,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pate” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pate is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,188 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpat̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bejuco venenoso de América Central, de la famila Sapindáceas, que es usada en la pesca artesanal. ^([cita requerida])".
pate has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is pate, spelled P-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Bejuco venenoso de América Central, de la famila Sapindáceas, que es usada en la pesca artesanal. ^([cita requerida])
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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