rato
[ˈrat̪o]
The verdict
“rato” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,225) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,225
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Período muy breve de tiempo, en especial dedicado a una sola actividad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rato · rato · Spanish
rato · rank #1,225 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,225
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH públicos
Nearest frequency peer: públicos (-1 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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “rato”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- podrá
podrá
98,779 corpus weight
- propios
propios
98,778 corpus weight
- públicos
públicos
98,777 corpus weight
- rato
rato
98,776 corpus weight
- tengan
tengan
98,774 corpus weight
- tratar
tratar
98,773 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “rato” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rato |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrat̪o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “rato”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for rato is neighbouring look-alikes ("ro", "río", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈrat̪o]. Frequency #1,225 among 4,151 “R” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for rato, with forms such as "raot", "ratto", and "rrato". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ro", "río", "ray", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is rato, spelled R-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Período muy breve de tiempo, en especial dedicado a una sola actividad.
- 2Recorrido entre dos lugares.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- raot
- ratto
- rrato
- rtao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rato - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rato", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).