tékaté
\te.ka.te\
The verdict
“tékaté” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. 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) - Ne t’inquiète pas, t’inquiète.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tekate · tékaté · French
tékaté · 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 "T" 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 | tékaté |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \te.ka.te\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tékaté » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tékaté is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \te.ka.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ne t’inquiète pas, t’inquiète.".
tékaté has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is tékaté, spelled T-É-K-A-T-É.
Definition
- 1Ne t’inquiète pas, t’inquiète.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tékaté appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En ce moment, j’ai de gros problèmes, mais je ne compte toujours pas essayer. J’ai une grosse volonté (et c’est bien ma seule qualité), donc tékaté, je sais que je fumerai jamais. (:
Tékaté, le bébé dragon - dans les années 80
Synonyms
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.