ratatouille
[rat̪at̪oˈ(ɣ̞)w̝iʝe]
The verdict
“ratatouille” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,493 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,493
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Un plato tradicional provenzal guisado vegetal consistiendo primeramente de tomates, calabacines y berenjenas (con otros ingredientes).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ratatouille |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [rat̪at̪oˈ(ɣ̞)w̝iʝe] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ratatouille” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ratatouille is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,493 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [rat̪at̪oˈ(ɣ̞)w̝iʝe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un plato tradicional provenzal guisado vegetal consistiendo primeramente de tomates, calabacines y berenjenas (con otros ingredientes).".
Zero misspellings are on record for ratatouille in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is ratatouille, spelled R-A-T-A-T-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Un plato tradicional provenzal guisado vegetal consistiendo primeramente de tomates, calabacines y berenjenas (con otros ingredientes).
Synonyms
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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Using “ratatouille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-A-T-A-T-O-U-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [rat̪at̪oˈ(ɣ̞)w̝iʝe] (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.