regateo
[reɣ̞aˈt̪eo]
The verdict
“regateo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,893 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,893
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de regatear.
Corpus desk
Index ES-regateo · regateo · Spanish
regateo · rank #68,893 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,893
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH regales
Nearest frequency peer: regales (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “regateo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- regada
regada
31,111 corpus weight
- regaladas
regaladas
31,110 corpus weight
- regales
regales
31,109 corpus weight
- regateo
regateo
31,108 corpus weight
- reglada
reglada
31,107 corpus weight
- reguera
reguera
31,106 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “regateo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | regateo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [reɣ̞aˈt̪eo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “regateo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
regateo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,893 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [reɣ̞aˈt̪eo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de regatear.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for regateo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is regateo, spelled R-E-G-A-T-E-O.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de regatear.
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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