rata
\ʁa.ta\
The verdict
“rata” is uncommon French (frequency #57,543 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,543
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mauvais ragoût.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rata · rata · French
rata · rank #57,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,543
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH ravagent
Nearest frequency peer: ravagent (+2 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 « rata »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- quittais
quittais
42,462 corpus weight
- Rachmaninov
Rachmaninov
42,461 corpus weight
- rata
rata
42,458 corpus weight
- ravagent
ravagent
42,456 corpus weight
- reconquis
reconquis
42,455 corpus weight
- recoudre
recoudre
42,454 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rata » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rata |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.ta\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rata » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rata is uncommon French at frequency #57,543 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rata, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is rata, spelled R-A-T-A.
Definition
- 1Mauvais ragoût.
- 2Nourriture. Ragoût de bœufs aux pommes de terre
- 3Ratatouille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rata appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Qu’est-ce que ce fricot-là ? toujours du gargolier ! Du rata en bouillie ! ça te rendrait malade de me faire de temps en temps un peu de rôti, un peu de soupe grasse.
De la cage de l'escalier montait un tintamarre de marmites et de bouteilles, allié à un opiniâtre parfum de lessive et de rata.
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.
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