Which to use
“yate” and “yates” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,202
- “yate” frequency rank
- #23,995
- “yates” frequency rank
- 45197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yate | yates |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Embarcación de recreo, a vela o motor, más amplia y cómoda que un velero, a menudo lujosa. | Forma del plural de yate. |
Where the eye mixes yate and yates
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. yate runs 4 letters (VVCV) against yates's 5 (VVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses yate with yates
A purely visual mix-up. yate ([ˈʝat̪e]) and yates ([ˈʝat̪es]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “yate” sits inside “yates”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yate is recorded at frequency rank #21,202, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʝat̪e]. yates is at rank #23,995, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʝat̪es].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 45197, this pair ranks #132,835 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of yate vs yates
Shared letters: aety. Private to "yate": -. Private to "yates": s.
"yate" · 4 letters · shape VVCV · "yates" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "yate" for "yates" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "yate" or "yates" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "yate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yates" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #132,835 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yate" and "yates" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Yago vs yate". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #132,835 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.