patent
[paˈtɛnt]
The verdict
“patent” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,720. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,720
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf eine direkte, praktische Art geschickt im Vorgehen und dabei sympathisch nett
Corpus desk
Index DE-patent · patent · German
patent · rank #10,720 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,720
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH passte
Nearest frequency peer: passte (-1 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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „patent“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Oxford
Oxford
89,284 corpus weight
- pas
pas
89,283 corpus weight
- passte
passte
89,282 corpus weight
- patent
patent
89,281 corpus weight
- Perlen
Perlen
89,280 corpus weight
- polo
polo
89,279 corpus weight
What this shows „patent“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patent |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paˈtɛnt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,720 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „patent“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around patent (IPA [paˈtɛnt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,720 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for patent, with forms such as "aptent", "paetnt", and "patennt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "patt", "pater", "Potenz", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is patent, spelled P-A-T-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1auf eine direkte, praktische Art geschickt im Vorgehen und dabei sympathisch nett
- 2auf eine praktische Art sehr brauchbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how patent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie ist eine sehr patente Frau. Bewundernswert, wie sie diesen Riesenhaushalt im Griff hat.
„»Du unterschätzt Doris. Sie ist eine absolut patente Frau. Ich mag sie.«“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aptent
- paetnt
- patennt
- patentt
- patetn
- patnet
- pattent
- ppatent
- ptaent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "patent"?
What does "patent" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "patent"?
How do you pronounce "patent"?
What language does "patent" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "patent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).