ratas

/[ˈrat̪as]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,451

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ratas is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de rata. Pronounced [ˈrat̪as]. It ranks #6,451 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with rato and ruta.

Key facts for ratas
PropertyValue
Headwordratas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈrat̪as]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,451
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ratas is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrat̪as]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,451 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de rata.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for ratas, with forms such as "artas", "raats", and "ratass". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rato", "ruta", "raza", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 ratas, spelled R-A-T-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de rata.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: artas,raats,ratass,ratsa,rattas,rratas,rtaas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ratas

Misspelling Variants of "ratas"

artas5raats5ratass6ratsa5rattas6rratas6rtaas5
Misspelling Variants of "ratas"

Frequency rank: #6,451 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ratas"?
"ratas" is spelled R-A-T-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrat̪as].
What does "ratas" mean?
As a noun, "ratas" means: Forma del plural de rata.
What words are commonly confused with "ratas"?
"ratas" is commonly confused with "rato", "ruta", "raza". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ratas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ratas" is [ˈrat̪as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ratas" come from?
"ratas" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.