tomate

/[t̪oˈmat̪e]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,244

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

tomate is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Solanum lycopersicum) Planta americana de la familia de las solanáceas, una hierba anual, rastrera o trepadora, de tallos pubescentes y fruto en baya de color rojo, muy jugoso y de sabor ligeramen... Pronounced [t̪oˈmat̪e]. It ranks #6,244 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Tomé and traté.

Key facts for tomate
PropertyValue
Headwordtomate
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪oˈmat̪e]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,244
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tomate is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪oˈmat̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,244 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for tomate, with forms such as "otmate", "tmoate", and "toamte". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Tomé", "traté", "tómese", 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 tomate, spelled T-O-M-A-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Solanum lycopersicum) Planta americana de la familia de las solanáceas, una hierba anual, rastrera o trepadora, de tallos pubescentes y fruto en baya de color rojo, muy jugoso y de sabor ligeramente ácido.
  2. 2
    Fruto de esta planta, consumido como verdura en numerosas preparaciones.
  3. 3
    (Physalis ixocarpa) Planta americana de la familia de las solanáceas, una hierba anual de tallos altos, cuyo fruto es una baya de color verde, envuelta en una vaina de textura similar al papel formada a partir del cáliz floral.
  4. 4
    Fruto de esta planta, consumido como verdura en México.
  5. 5
    Asunto turbio y enredado.
  6. 6
    Por analogía, moño hecho en la base del cráneo, en que el pelo queda tomado formando una pequeña esfera.
  7. 7
    Roto en una prenda de vestir, especialmente en la parte correspondiente a los dedos del pie en un calcetín o una media.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otmate,tmoate,toamte,tomaet,tomatte,tommate,tomtae,ttomate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tomate

Misspelling Variants of "tomate"

otmate6tmoate6toamte6tomaet6tomatte7tommate7tomtae6ttomate7
Misspelling Variants of "tomate"

Frequency rank: #6,244 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tomate"?
"tomate" is spelled T-O-M-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪oˈmat̪e].
What does "tomate" mean?
As a noun, "tomate" means: (Solanum lycopersicum) Planta americana de la familia de las solanáceas, una hierba anual, rastrera o trepadora, de tallos pubescentes y fruto en baya de color rojo, muy jugoso y de sabor ligeramen...
What words are commonly confused with "tomate"?
"tomate" is commonly confused with "Tomé", "traté", "tómese". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tomate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tomate" is [t̪oˈmat̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tomate" come from?
"tomate" 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.