pateaba
[pat̪eˈaβ̞a]
The verdict
“pateaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,372 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,372
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de patear.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pateaba · pateaba · Spanish
pateaba · rank #93,372 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,372
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,357
- PHOTO-FINISH pastillita
Nearest frequency peer: pastillita (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pateaba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- participase
participase
6,634 corpus weight
- pasma
pasma
6,631 corpus weight
- pastillita
pastillita
6,630 corpus weight
- pateaba
pateaba
6,629 corpus weight
- pañuelito
pañuelito
6,623 corpus weight
- pedaleo
pedaleo
6,622 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pateaba” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pateaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pat̪eˈaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pateaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pateaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,372 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pat̪eˈaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pateaba, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 pateaba, spelled P-A-T-E-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de patear.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de patear.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pateaba", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.