petate
The verdict
“petate” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Natte de paille tressée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petate · petate · French
petate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « petate » en français
Rare enough to double-check
petate is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Natte de paille tressée.".
No misspelling variants are generated for petate in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is petate, spelled P-E-T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Natte de paille tressée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how petate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alors, il y a des fois qu’elle s’ennuie à la maison, parce que le repas se fait à un seul moment, et le reste, c’est du temps libre pour elle. Elle l’employait à faire des petates ou des tissus, des huipiles ou des blouses, ou dans ce genre.
Il avait laissé son violon qu’il identifiait trop à son malheur, mais sa mère l’avait obligé à emporter son petate, un équipement pour dormir très pratique et très populaire : un oreiller, un drap, un petit vase de nuit en potin gris et une bâche en mailles fines et serrées pour se protéger des moustiques, le tout enveloppé dans une natte fermée par deux…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.