Patents

[paˈtɛnt͡s]

/[paˈtɛnt͡s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Patents” is uncommon German (frequency #77,154 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,154
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Patent

Corpus desk

Index DE-patents · Patents · German

Patents · rank #77,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,154
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pastorin

Nearest frequency peer: Pastorin (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Patents“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Patents“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Patents
PropertyValue
HeadwordPatents
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paˈtɛnt͡s]
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,154
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Patents“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Patentsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pastorin“ (#77,153), „Pathogenese“ (#77,155), „Passkontrolle“ (#77,152). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Patents“ bei #77,154. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Patents is uncommon German at frequency #77,154 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paˈtɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Patent".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Patents, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Patents, spelled P-A-T-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Patent

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 "Patents"?
"Patents" is spelled P-A-T-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈtɛnt͡s].
What does "Patents" mean?
As a noun, "Patents" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Patent
How do you pronounce "Patents"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Patents" is [paˈtɛnt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Patents" come from?
"Patents" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Patents", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pedalen#77,157Oschatz#77,142Pierrot#77,171obskure#77,132

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list