Patientenakte
[paˈt͡si̯ɛntn̩ˌʔaktə]
The verdict
“Patientenakte” is uncommon German (frequency #85,676 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,676
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sammlung von Aufzeichnungen/Dokumenten über eine Person, die in medizinischer Behandlung ist/war
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Patientenakte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈt͡si̯ɛntn̩ˌʔaktə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #85,676 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Patientenakte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Patientenakte is uncommon German at frequency #85,676 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paˈt͡si̯ɛntn̩ˌʔaktə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sammlung von Aufzeichnungen/Dokumenten über eine Person, die in medizinischer Behandlung ist/war".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Patientenakte, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Patientenakte, spelled P-A-T-I-E-N-T-E-N-A-K-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sammlung von Aufzeichnungen/Dokumenten über eine Person, die in medizinischer Behandlung ist/war
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This word in other languages
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 “Patientenakte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-T-I-E-N-T-E-N-A-K-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈt͡si̯ɛntn̩ˌʔaktə] (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.