tékaté

\te.ka.te\

/\te.ka.te\/ intj

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.

Key facts for tékaté
PropertyValue
Headwordtékaté
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\te.ka.te\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tékaté » en français

tékatéreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Ne t’inquiète pas, t’inquiète.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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. (:
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tékaté"?
"tékaté" is spelled T-É-K-A-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \te.ka.te\.
What does "tékaté" mean?
As an interjection, "tékaté" means: Ne t’inquiète pas, t’inquiète.
How do you pronounce "tékaté"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tékaté" is \te.ka.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tékaté" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list