pater
/ˈpa.ter/
The verdict
“pater” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,437 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,437
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Padre.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pater · pater · Spanish
pater · rank #52,437 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,437
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pasajeras
Nearest frequency peer: pasajeras (-2 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 “pater”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- paracaidismo
paracaidismo
47,569 corpus weight
- pasad
pasad
47,567 corpus weight
- pasajeras
pasajeras
47,566 corpus weight
- pater
pater
47,564 corpus weight
- pendón
pendón
47,562 corpus weight
- pentagrama
pentagrama
47,561 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pater” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pater |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpa.ter/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pater” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pater is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,437 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpa.ter/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pater, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is pater, spelled P-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Padre.
- 2Cabeza de familia.
- 3Antepasado.
- 4Título de honor.
Antonyms
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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