patients

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The verdict

“patients” is uncommon German (frequency #81,966 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,966
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs patient

Corpus desk

Index DE-patients · patients · German

patients · rank #81,966 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,966
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Parteinahme

Nearest frequency peer: Parteinahme (-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 „patients“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for patients
PropertyValue
Headwordpatients
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,966
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „patients“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).patientsfällt 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: „Parteinahme“ (#81,965), „Patsche“ (#81,967), „Pakistaner“ (#81,964). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „patients“ bei #81,966. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

patients is uncommon German at frequency #81,966 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs patient".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for patients, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is patients, spelled P-A-T-I-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs patient

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 "patients"?
"patients" is spelled P-A-T-I-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "patients" mean?
As a noun, "patients" means: Plural des Substantivs patient
How do you pronounce "patients"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patients" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ortsname#81,957opferten#81,949Piacenza#81,984Popsongs#81,997

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list