# Patient

> German word · Noun · IPA [paˈt͡si̯ɛnt] · frequency rank #4,730

## Definitions
1. kranke Person, die medizinisch behandelt oder betreut wird

## Easily confused with
- **payment** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/patient-vs-payment)
- **Patienten** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/patient-vs-patienten)
- **Patientin** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/patient-vs-patientin)
- **paint** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/paint-vs-patient)
- **patent** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/patent-vs-patient)
- **Partien** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/partien-vs-patient)
- **patente** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/patente-vs-patient)

## Common misspellings (10)
`aptient`, `paitent`, `pateint`, `patiennt`, `patientt`, `patietn`, `patinet`, `pattient`, `ppatient`, `ptaient`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/patient