Patella
[paˈtɛla]
The verdict
“Patella” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Knochenscheibe, welche die Gelenkhöcker des Kniegelenks abdeckt und schützt
Corpus desk
Index DE-patella · Patella · German
Patella · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Patella |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈtɛla] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Patella“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Patella is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [paˈtɛla]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Knochenscheibe, welche die Gelenkhöcker des Kniegelenks abdeckt und schützt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Patella in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Patella, spelled P-A-T-E-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Knochenscheibe, welche die Gelenkhöcker des Kniegelenks abdeckt und schützt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Patella appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der Standardaufnahme des Kniegelenks im sagittalen Strahlengang projiziert sich die Patella auf das distale Femur.
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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.