patota
[paˈt̪ot̪a]
The verdict
“patota” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,990 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,990
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pata grande.
Corpus desk
Index ES-patota · patota · Spanish
patota · rank #67,990 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,990
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH patinadores
Nearest frequency peer: patinadores (-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 “patota”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pati
pati
32,014 corpus weight
- patinadores
patinadores
32,012 corpus weight
- patota
patota
32,011 corpus weight
- pedidas
pedidas
32,010 corpus weight
- pedregoso
pedregoso
32,009 corpus weight
- Pelin
Pelin
32,007 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “patota” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patota |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈt̪ot̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “patota” en español
Rare enough to double-check
patota is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,990 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paˈt̪ot̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for patota, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is patota, spelled P-A-T-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1Pata grande.
- 2Pandilla de comportamiento antisocial o delictivo, especialmente la de jóvenes urbanos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how patota appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cuando la mamá de Manuel Gonçalves —Ana María del Carmen Granada—, aquel 19 de noviembre de 1976, sintió que su casa en el centro de San Nicolás estaba rodeada por una patota parapolicial, comprendió que a su vida le quedaban pocos segundos.
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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