caté

\ka.te\

/\ka.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“caté” is uncommon French (frequency #93,584 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,584
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Catéchisme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cate · caté · French

caté · rank #93,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,584
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cathie

Nearest frequency peer: Cathie (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « caté »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « caté » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for caté
PropertyValue
Headwordcaté
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.te\
Letters4
Frequency rank#93,584
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « caté » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.catétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Cathie » (#93,583), « cauchois » (#93,585), « catharisme » (#93,582). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caté » est au #93,584. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

caté is uncommon French at frequency #93,584 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Catéchisme.".

caté doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is caté, spelled C-A-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Catéchisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how caté appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Remarque, les Français aussi vont au caté et font leur communion, mais c’est pas pareil.
  2. De plus, elle s’est promis de rompre avec une tradition familiale qui l’a obligée à aller au caté.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caté"?
"caté" is spelled C-A-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.te\.
What does "caté" mean?
As a noun, "caté" means: Catéchisme.
How do you pronounce "caté"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caté" is \ka.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caté" come from?
"caté" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caté", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

boro#93,543coro#93,635CPIE#93,642crux#93,648

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list