ratán
[raˈt̪ãn]
The verdict
“ratán” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de diversas plantas vivaces, de la familia de las palmas, con tallos que alcanzan gran longitud, nudosos a trechos, delgados, sarmentosos y muy fuertes; hojas abrazadoras en los nudos, lisas...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ratán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [raˈt̪ãn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ratán” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ratán is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [raˈt̪ãn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de diversas plantas vivaces, de la familia de las palmas, con tallos que alcanzan gran longitud, nudosos a trechos, delgados, sarmentosos y muy fuertes; hojas abrazadoras en los nudos, lisas...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ratán, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is ratán, spelled R-A-T-Á-N.
Definition
- 1Nombre de diversas plantas vivaces, de la familia de las palmas, con tallos que alcanzan gran longitud, nudosos a trechos, delgados, sarmentosos y muy fuertes; hojas abrazadoras en los nudos, lisas y flexibles, zarcillos espinosos, flores de tres pétalos, y fruto abayado y rojo como la cereza. Vive en los bosques de la India y otros países de Oriente, y de su tallo se hacen bastones.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ratán”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-A-T-Á-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [raˈt̪ãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.