petate
[peˈt̪at̪e]
The verdict
“petate” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,638 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,638
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tipo de alfombra tejida, se elabora a base de fibras de la planta llamada Palma de Petate Thrinax Morrissi. Generalmente son tejidos en forma cuadrangular, mas no observan una medida exacta, necesa...
Corpus desk
Index ES-petate · petate · Spanish
petate · rank #76,638 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,638
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH permisivo
Nearest frequency peer: permisivo (-3 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 “petate”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- peleé
peleé
23,370 corpus weight
- perdurables
perdurables
23,369 corpus weight
- permea
permea
23,367 corpus weight
- permisivo
permisivo
23,366 corpus weight
- petate
petate
23,363 corpus weight
- pinchada
pinchada
23,357 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “petate” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈt̪at̪e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,638 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “petate” en español
Rare enough to double-check
petate is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,638 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [peˈt̪at̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
petate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is petate, spelled P-E-T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Tipo de alfombra tejida, se elabora a base de fibras de la planta llamada Palma de Petate Thrinax Morrissi. Generalmente son tejidos en forma cuadrangular, mas no observan una medida exacta, necesariamente. Se usa principalmente para extenderlo en el suelo y acostarse a dormir sobre él. Comúnmente, durante el día se mantiene enrollado.
- 2Estrategia en juegos de apuestas, especialmente el póquer, donde se trata de hacer creer a los oponentes, mediante una apuesta fuerte, que se tiene una mano fuerte, esperando ahuyentar a los rivales. También se conoce como farolear, bluffear, robar.
This word in other languages
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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