pit-a-pat vs rat-a-tat

pit-a-pat

noun
  • A series of quick tapping sounds 

adv
  • With a quick tapping sound 

verb
  • To make a series of quick tapping sounds; to palpitate 

rat-a-tat

How often have the words pit-a-pat and rat-a-tat occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )