Patentante
[ˈpaːtn̩ˌtantə]
The verdict
“Patentante” is uncommon German (frequency #69,574 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,574
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Frau, die bei der Taufe eines Kindes anwesend ist und neben den Eltern für die christliche Erziehung des Kindes verantwortlich ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Patentante |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaːtn̩ˌtantə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,574 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Patentante” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Patentante is uncommon German at frequency #69,574 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpaːtn̩ˌtantə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frau, die bei der Taufe eines Kindes anwesend ist und neben den Eltern für die christliche Erziehung des Kindes verantwortlich ist".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Patentante in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Patentante, spelled P-A-T-E-N-T-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Frau, die bei der Taufe eines Kindes anwesend ist und neben den Eltern für die christliche Erziehung des Kindes verantwortlich ist
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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.
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Using “Patentante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-T-E-N-T-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpaːtn̩ˌtantə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.