petate

/[peˈt̪at̪e]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#76,638

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

petate is aSpanishnoun. It means: 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... Pronounced [peˈt̪at̪e].

Key facts for petate
PropertyValue
Headwordpetate
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[peˈt̪at̪e]
Letters6
Frequency rank#76,638
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of petate in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for petate is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peˈt̪at̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,638 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for petate in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is petate, spelled P-E-T-A-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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, necesariamente. Se usa principalmente para extenderlo en el suelo y acostarse a dormir sobre él. Comúnmente, durante el día se mantiene enrollado.
  2. 2
    Estrategia 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

Frequency rank: #76,638 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "petate"?
"petate" is spelled P-E-T-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [peˈt̪at̪e].
What does "petate" mean?
As a noun, "petate" means: 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...
How do you pronounce "petate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "petate" is [peˈt̪at̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "petate" come from?
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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.